The Sun.
London, England, 1856-03-18 00:00:00

THE MILITARY BOARD OF INQUIRY.

The Board of General Officers appointed by a Royal
warrant to inquire into statements affecting certain offi-
cere contained in the report and evidence laid before the
Government by Sir J. .14.'Neil and Col. Tulloch, will, as
hat been already announced, commence its proceedings
in the course of the current week, although we believe
the exact day for opening the inquiry has not yet been
fixed. The authorities, conscious of the importance of the
subjects to be inquired into, and anticipating a large at-
tendance on the part of the public, have made very ex-
tensive preparations for the accommodation of a mime-
rout audience. The upper or western end of the
dining hall of Chelsea Hospital, the chamber in
which the body of the late Duke of Wellington lay in
state in 1852, and in which the Board is to carry on
its investigations, has been railed off for the use of the
members of the Court of Inquiry and the witnesses. The
remainder of the hall is occupied by rows of seats rising
tier above tier, to be appropriated to the use of the pub-
lic, affording ample convenience fir as many persons as
may be expected to attend the inquiry. The extent of
accommodation thus afforded will, it is to be hoped,
prevent those fearful rushes, which took place last year
at the door of the Sebastopol Committee room, or the
moro melancholy accidents which occurred when last the
hail of Chelsea Hospital was a centre of public attrac-
tion. When the preparations are complete the ball will
resemble an ordinary lecture-room, and the only outward
symbol of the military character of the place will be the
tattered trophies of many bloody fights waving over the
heads of those deputed to inquire into the causes which
led t- the almost entire destruction of a British army by
the alleged neglect of its own officers. As before men-
tioned, the exact day of commencinn the inquiry is not
known, and an equal degree of uncertainty exists as to
the mode of procedure to be adopted by the board when

it does meet, considerable doubt being entertanned whe!
ther any evidence will be taken for some days after the
first formal sitting shall hay.) been held.

V NIV ERS ITY INTELLIGENCE.

OXFORD, MARCH 17.

The Hertford (Latin) Scholarship has been awarded
by the Examiners to Mr. Regina! Broughton, Scholar
of Balliol College. They have also mentioned the name
of Mr. Francis A. C. Hooper, Scholar of Trinity College,
with the honourable addition of proximo accessit.
The vacant Scholarships at University College have
been awarded to Mr. C. M'Dowall, Commoner of the
College; Mr. Anthony S. Agler, from Marlborough
School; and Mr. Henry Rhoades, from Rugby School.
Thera wero 21 candidates.
The Senior Proctor has given notice that he will re-
ceive the names of candidates for the second public ex-
amination in Easter Term, either from themselves or
their tutors, at Queen's College, on Thursday, April 3,
from 2 o'clock till 4 ; Friday, April 4, from 1 o'clock
till 3 ; Saturday, April 5, from 1 o'clock till 4.
N.B. Candidates are reminded that the lists of all the
four schools must be issued simultaneously on Monday,
April 7, and that no additional names can be received
after Saturday, April 5. They are requested to apply
to the senior tutor of their college or ball for printed
forms for the lists of subjects for examination.

A great number of autograph letters of Napoleon the
First to his mother and to his great uncle, Archdeacon
Lucian, is said to have been found in Corsica. They were
written in 1785, at the time when young Bonaparte had
left Brienno and entered the Ecole Milituire at Parie, and
are all signed " Napoleone di Bonaparte."
MR. TURNER'S PICTURES. -Di e controversy between
the next of kin of the late Mr. Turner and the trustees
of the National Gallery respecting the picturesbequeathed
by that eminent artist, has at length been adjusted, and
a compromise of the contested claims has rec,ived the
sanction of the Court of Chancery. All picirt, es, dr.ivy-
in,s, and sketches, either wholly or partial!), painted,
sketched, or drawn by Mr. Turner (and whether finished
or unfinished) are to be deemed the property of the trus-
tees of the National Gallery for the benefit of the public;'
Sir C. Eastlake and Mr. Knight being the persons to
make the selection of such pictures as, in their opinion,
have been touched by the master. The tru t .es of
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National Gallery are to be declared well entitled to the
picture "Dido Buildieg Carthage," and the picture fi
merly in the Tabley collection, now in their possession.
All other the drawings, sketches, and pictur, s, and all
other the personal estate of the testator (excepting; stock
in the funds), are to be given over to the Lett of k'n.
The trustees of the Royal Academy, waving all righte
under the will, are to be declared entitled to 20,000/.
clear, free from legacy duty.