The Sun.
London, England, 1834-01-27 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

OXFORD, JAN. 25.—Thursday the following Degrees
were conferred:—

MASTERS OF ARTS.—William Boyd, Fellow of University ;
George Clark, Scholar of University ; Rev. John Smith Dolby,
Lincoln ; Rev. Erskine William Holland, Worcester ; Edward
Massie, Wadham.
BACHELORS OF ARTS.—George Day, Henry Montagu Villiers,
George Barnes, William Cother, students of Christ Church ;
Henry Stormont Murray, Christ Church ; John Bright,
Wadham; George Wingrove Cooke, Jesus; Joseph Hamilton,
Pembroke; John Chapman Bell, Trinity ; John Saltwell
Pinkerton, Fellow of St. John's; Edward Pidsley, Worcester;
Francis Orpen Morris, Worcester.

ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS.

The Rev. James Bullock, Fellow of Worcester College,
has been appointed Chaplain to the Viscount Massereene.
The Rev. Samuel Long to the Living of Woodman-
sterne, Surrey, vacant by the death of the late Dr.
Buchanan, who had held it more than 50 years.
The Rev. Edward Francis Beynon to the Rectory of
Creaton, Northamptonshire, vacant by the resignation of
the Rev. Thomas Jone.

The Rev. Thomas Scott, Chaplain of Bromley College,
Kent, to the Rectory of Onehouse, Suffolk.
The Rev. G. Allwood, M.A., to the Vicarage of Sax-
thorpe, Norfolk ; patrons, the Master and Fellows of
Pembroke Hall, Cambridge.
The Rectory of Fladbury, Worcestershire, void by the
death of the Rev. Martin Stafford Smith, B.D. which
was taken as an option by his Grace the Archbishop of
Canterbury, on the promotion of Dr. Carr to the See of
Worcester, has been presented by his Grace to the Rev.
Frederick Gaun tlett, M.A.
The Right Hon. the Earl of Aberdeen has appointed
the Rev. Thomas Bisset, M.A. Chaplain of the East India
Military School, Addiscombe, to be one of his Lordship's
domestic chaplains.

At Ballyshannon fair a man recommended
his almanacks by crying out—" They contain the fairs,
&c., with a correct list of the Members of Parliament,
chosen and returned by Daniel O'Connell, Esq., King of
Ireland, and Repealer of the Legislative Union—who
granted Emancipation, and abolished Tithes for ever—
with the rising and setting of the sun and moon."
AIR. BARRETT AND MR. O'CONNELL.—
Mr. Barrett has addressed the public in an article in the
Pilot of Wednesday on his prosecution. He concludes
the explanation of his motives for not giving up the author
of the publication for which he suffers, as follows :
" There is a stronger reason than all these—the common
struggle we are both making for Ireland. Inferior, far
inferior, as we are in talents to O'Connell, our object is
the same—the regeneration of our native land. The ques-
tion really to be asked is, which would Ireland be served
most by, O'Connell standing now in our place, or as he
is? If the answer could he that Ireland would be served
by Daniel O'Connell occupying the dungeon we now in
habit, the answer should be—O'Connell you ought to be
there. Nay, he might be here; for at the very outset of
the prosecution the author of the publication, whoever he
be/ offered to stand in our place. But as (if it were
O'Connell and he imprisoned,) the right arm of Irish
liberty would be manacled ; and as we are equally, nay,
more effective here than if our person were free, the an-
swer of Ireland, the answer of our own conscience, is,
Richard Barrett. you should not have surrendered Daniel
O'Connell! ! ! We do not pretend to deny the sacrifice of
health, tranquillity, and fortune we make. But the solace
of our own heart, of sympathy and support of the public,
will alleviate much of these. We are imprisoned, not by
O'Connell, but for Ireland ; and he does not deserve the
name of a public servant who is not ready to encounter
and suffer for his principles and his country."—Dublin
Morning Register.

At about twenty minutes before three o'clock
on Thursday morning last a sudden and rather violent
trembling of the earth was felt at this place (Portsmouth),
which produced feelings of awe in many persons. Its
effects were more visible at Chichester, Emsworth, Havant,
and Purbrook, where i❑ many of the houses the convulsive
motion shook the furniture, and appeared to threaten de-
struction to the premises, the inmates becoming so greatly
alarmed as to run to and from each other's bed-rooms for
aid and shelter. A shock of similar violence and duration
was felt at this place about 20 years since, in the afternoon
of a fine day. The dreadful consequences which have
attended sudden and violent tremblings of the earth, re-
sembling earthquakes, have naturally excited a desire to
account for their cause, but as from the nature of them
it is utterly impossible to ascertain this accurately, rational
conjecture must be accepted in place of actual observation.
They have been ascribed by some to the effect of the
waters, which appear to moisten the earth, in passages
similar to the veins of living bodies, which, either by dis-
solving the salt scattered through the earth, or by pene-
trating through porous lands, mixed with stones, which
they insensibly loosen, the fall or removal thereof must
cause a stroke or shock, such as is felt in earthquakes. But
as this, like many other phenomena of nature with which
we are surroundA, cannot rest upon the doubtful evidence
of man, it must be referred to the wisdom of the Creator,
and that order of nature which he bath established coeval
with the creation.—Hampshire Telegraph.
Throughout the whole of Saturday last, the
neighbourhood of Berwick-street, St. James's, was in a
state of considerable excitement in consequence of Mr.
Henry Ford, a baker, residing at No. 11 in that street,
having placarded the whole front of his house with large
posting bills, stating that " his goods had been seized on
Friday, by a broker, named Pollard, of Tyler-street,
Carnaby Market, by order of Mr. Denham, of Regent-
street, the collector for that district." At an early hour
on Saturday evening, a considerable crowd was collected,
but a body of police of the C division being in attendance
under the direction of Superintendent Baker, order was
preserved ; soon after 12 o'clock, when the mob had dis-
persed, they were withdrawn, with the exception of one
man, named Jarvis, who was left on duty, and about a
quarter past one o'clock on Sunday morning, hearing cries
of " Murder" proceeding from the shop, and observing
the gas turned off at the same moment, he sprung his
rattle, and with another constable who immediately came
to his assistance, broke open the door and rushed in. On
entering the shop they found about twelve or fourteen men
dragging John Scattergood (the man left in possession)
into the back parlour, amid cries of " Finish the —."
"Do his business." A sack was thrown over his head,
from which Le was bleeding profusely. Several of the
inhabitants immediately came to the assistance of the po-
lice, and aided them in capturing seve❑ of the cowardly
assailants, who fled on the door being broken open ; one
man got into bed with a lodger and his wife, another was
pulled from under the bed, and the others were taken from
off the roofs of the adjoining houses. On being taken to
the stationhouse they gave their names as J. Johnson,
Richard Neal, Edward Langley, Johu Penfield, William
Edgenton, George Bolton, Samuel Drab!e. Scattergood
has been much cut about the head with, it is supposed, a
clasp knife, one cut being from the left eye, right through
the nose, down to the lip, but he is ❑ot considered in im-
mediate danger. Mr. Ford had had three quarters of his
rates remitted, and the collector had paid another quarter
out of his own pocket, to enable him to clear his book up
to Lady Day last year. Knowing Mr. Ford's ability to
pay, he keeping four shops about town, he sent to him,
and requested him to pay the amount of that quarter,
2/. Bs. 2d., but he refused to pay anything, and the col-
lector was, in consequence, compelled to seize for the whole
sum due at Michaelmas last, amounting to 61. 15s. 9d.
Everything was quiet during yesterday, a party of police
being again mu attendance.