The Sun.
London, England, 1851-04-25 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

THE NORRISIAN PRIZE.
OAMBIDGE, APRIL 24.—This prize (a gold medal and
illks), given annually under the will of the late Mr.
IN. •
Zrut to the author of the best prose essay on a sacred
hiect, has been adjudged to B. A. Irving, 8.A,, of
bilvannel College.
MODERN HISTORY.
OliSaturday, the 3d of May, and every following day
ihthe approaching Midsummer Term (Sundays and
rtindays excepted), the Professor of Modern History
t'poses to deliver, in the hall of Trinity-hall, at the
itilLof 1 o'clock P.M. daily, a series of lectures on the
...4"Y of the Constitution or Civil Government of
1:11740e; commencing with a continuation of the lectures
tch he delivered on the same subject in Midsummer
ems, 1850, and afterwards repeatiLg the substance of
thms
4tatententioned lectures.

1:411
„ SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES.—On Wednes.
te; the Society of Antiquaries celebrated the centenary of
Tart of their royal charter by a dinne.r at Freemasons'
te,,n, after the election of a new councisl
ef °°f the banquet was the presence of eveTrahleaenhtiiqefuafreiae;
note f •
bei-, ran different parts of the kingdom, invited. by the
of p• There were also cards issued to a limited number
tte •
members of the Archazelcgical Institute,
eatndreomfatrhke.
ehie..4°.. logical Association. The speeches weoref ntbern
ht
tor their antiquarian character ;
.man
with equal effect
bchni spoken on any other occasion
eteieropriety, and it was rather curiousthiattondounreinosf
the
s of antiquarian eminence were allude
(with one or two exceptions), and they
which (it may
he'' not included in the toasts,
The Duke
be
°llserved) were very common-place.
Morthumberland in returning thanks after his
retnalittrhe had been 'drunk, made. some. very pertinent
" on the state of archeology in this country, and ex
leetect. a hope that the Ar.chxological Association and the
Seelute would soon be united under the protection of the
seetelY ofketiquaries His Grace also alluded to some. re-
the Boe,s he is about to undertake, with the co-operation o
the lee!etY, on the line of the great Romanw
Sir H. de
isitors were Sir F. Palgrave, Professor Willis,l. Among
Is'a''?elle, Lord Campbell, Sir D. Dundee, the Dean of St,
or qtl'e'st kr. BlencowiandMr. Lower, of Lewes ; Mr. Lukis,
Wiea.ereisey ; the Rev. J. C. Bruce, of _ castle ; Mr. D.
tfer, of Edinburgh ; Mr. Rolfe, of Sandwich ; Mr. J.
kleeiZe c'f Saffron ex alden • Mr. J. G. AA, aller,. Sir F. Mad-
404:4etr: Wes • H. Black, the 'Belgian anedrdPrisesbiaenn tmrebsiadsesda:
and rulszky, M. Panizei, &c. L
`"e side tables were headed by Sir R. Inglis, Mr. J.
ee, sir SV H. Smyth.
and Captain
leeS°elere OF ARTS.—The twentieth ordinary meet-
Ailer thiiety was held at the rooms of the institution,
Wei all in the
chair. an Wednesday evening,- Mr.b
leess had been dis-
Nee of'mteF the usual preliminary
teeaci ,an interesting paper, written byus Mr. William Lang-
treeti' eertainlnew methods discovered by
alkalis, was
read nfe ores and minerals in the manufacture of ,
p was also
teed 1.0 the members by the secretary.
bltah.r9"ar. George Little describing hit opwaieu'im
lectric tele-
tur.ui the construction and working of the e
rise
prove-
to e'eu he
the papers read during the evening
gaveelthe pro-
eeveesiderable discussion among the members;
pro-
beta:terminated by the cordial thanks ofatuhe society
g awarded to Mr. Longmead and Mr. Little.
1141etl.I°NAL FLORICULTURAL SOCIETY.---Yesterday
liege ing of this society took place, at their premises, 21,
einernt.strett 'I here was a show of flowers, principally
auriculas, pansies, and rhododendrons. R. Staines,
111Q,„Presided, and after the election of a numberoffreenhthe f
"rB, Mr. J. Edwards, the secretary, read. the awards
111qt:elation, as follows. Certificates-Geranium pelargo-
-41; ), flatbed Chieftain, exhibited by Mr. Hoyle,
Mr.
fancy pelargonium, named Formissirnum, by
nreite of Blackheath ; cineraria, alba magua, by
(ofßead-
Mr S.
h 3, me, of liornsey-road; auricula, named Beauty of. Bath,
'by Griffin, of -Bath ; cineraria, named Margaret d Anjou,
fll •Ren-erson, Wellington-ioad, St. John's-wood. The
f
reeiee"',n,g were commended :-A cineraria, named Modell o
teee,-"on, exhibited by Mr. Hares, of Blackheath ; a pe ar-
ciee"ta, named First of May, by Mr. Turner, of Slough.; a
eeteraria, named Beauty,'very, of Peckham. The
began SNCHOLY Ling Was then adjourned to the Bth of May.
SUICIDE.—Yesterday Mr. Langham
1102 inquest in St. James's Workhouse, Westminster, on
spies- Dowell, aged twenty-five, a barman at the Three
Ilree,Lrindmill-street, Haymarket. Mr. Hammond, the
Zighror, stated that deceased, who buried his wife a fort-
be teetgo, lived with him only a week. Last Wednesday
feed
ic'coe water into the cellar to clean
fellow-servant su-
itAf-4 the pets. Soon afterwards deceased's
where
eo
found witness that he was in a fit in the cellar,
ghat 7111 lying on his back and moaning, and him
:6 nad been doing? Deceased repliecd," Poison, poi-
eoatai‘nrid Pointed te a tub of water, in
James, was a pot' that
'that h a quantity of acid. Mr. John sbuertgoenonnd, sitnattbede
bee, irvas called in to attend de6eased, whotri
slob e confessed that he bad taken oxalic acid,
la iming "Let
Iris cf.' was adminictered resisted dreadfully, and when an
tneer__ I don't wish to live." He expiredeaxsctshe stomach-
taltele:ele"-, 1x.14g-, introduced. He confessed that he had
Oth(grktpentayworth of oxalic acid, which killed him.
Neu 4eevidence proved that since the death of his wife, who
becit°,,ll_l37 23, from being a fine hale, hearty young maen,exhe-
)4on Pale, emaciated, and melancholy, and
.that
his
1447 a wish that " somebody would knock him
ewe', eo that he might be placeel in the grave, at s dear
lea e'de." Verdict - " Temporary insanity."
+eta
kwyo,NBRYN-BonsE.--The Lqrd Mayor and the Lady
net l 'km entertained a large party of private friends at din-
sea ast evening, at the Mansionlhouse. About sixty ladies
keeriatlemen sat down to a superb banquet, in the long
eei,,Zna The Lady Mayoress afterwards gave her . third
l
Nate "sante, at which upwards of two hundred additional
dintwassernbled. Laurent's band was in attendance during the
drib @r' and in the evening performed sever.:l new qua-
latZe. and polkas. The dancing was prolonged until a late
00,
Irok AND TALLOW IN AUSTRALIA.—Accounts
sop Yuey to the 6th of January state that the wool sea-
troiee at its height, and the market active. Prices ruled
IntOtlur ,B„ u.eeirs to is 3d. per lb. Tallow was quoted 27/.
to
There ed been rather more
for gcods, but stocks continued largeinquiry from the