The Sun.
London, England, 1851-06-05 00:00:00

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UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.
OXFuRD, JUNE 4.—PRIZE FOR AN ENGLISH POEM
T 4 A SACRED SUBJECT.--A. benefaction of 1,000/.
'three per Cent. Consolidated Bank Annuities, having
,been offered to th ) University, the interest to be given
as a prize for an English poem on a sacred subject,
which shall be awardee, under certain regulations, once
In every three years, and the same having been accepted
1:17 convocation on February 15, 1848, the following ,ub-
Oect is proposed for the year 1854:—" The Dedication
Of the Temple." The compositions must consist of n( t
less than siety, nor more than three hundred lines. The
candidates must be members of the University, who at
the time when the subject is announced shall have passed
the public examination for the degree of B.A. The
compositions are to be sent under a sealed cover to the
Registrar of the University on or before the let day ( f
December, 1853, and the prize is to be adjudged on the
lst day of June, 1854. The author is required to con-
ceal his name, and to distinguish his composition by
What motto he pleases; sending at the same time his
name and the date of his public examination, sealed up
under another cover, with the same motto inscribed upon
,it. The composition to which the prize shall have
been adju lged is not to be recited; but printed copies
are to be sent by the author to the Chancellor, heads of
Colleges and halls, the proctors, the judges of the compo-
sitions, the professors, the founders of the prize, and to
:the Bodleian Library.
CAMBR:IDGE, JUNE 4.—SIR WILLIAM BROWNE'S
AIEDALS.--Sir William Browne having bequeathed three
gold inedfils, to be given annually to such resident un-
Ilergredua tea as shall compose the best Greek ode, in
Imitation a Sappho; the best Latin ode, in imitation of
Itorace; and the best Greek and Latin epigrams; the
first after the model of the Authologia, and the second
after that of Martial; the medals for the Greek and
Latin odes have been adjudged to Mr. F. V. Hawkins,
Of Trinity College, the late successful candidate for the
Camden medal.
Subject—Greek Ode— Oraculoruni deft ctis.
Subject—Letin Ode—Caro/us Albertus Sardinia Rex.
The medal for the epigram was not adjudged.
DIVINITY.—The Norrisian Professor of Divinity will
commence his lectures for Michaelmas term, 1851, on
Saturday, :November 8.

I'HE ARMY.

On the 31st of May the anniversary dinner of the
Medical officers of the army took place at the Thatched
Sq. James's•street, when Sir C. M. Clarke, Bart.,
Presided.
Previous to the dinner a deputation, consisting of 40
officers of the department, waited upon Sir James
M'Grigor for the purpose of presenting a •aledictory
address upon his retirement from the office of director-
general. The address, which was read by Dr. Skey,
Inspector-general of hospitals, expressed in very strong
language the sense ehtertained by the department of
the services of their late chief, and of the zeal and ability
with which he had conducted the important office of
director-general for thirty-six years.

ASCOT RACE S.
(THIS DAY.-BY EXPRESS.)

The Visitors' Plate.

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Artisan ... ••• ... ... ••• 2
Ballet Girl ••• ... ••• ... 3
Won by two lengths.
THE EMPEROR'S PLATE.

Woolwich
Little Jack
Trouncer
Wincliscbgratz ... 4
Four ran. Won by a langtb.

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