The Sun.
London, England, 1851-04-08 00:00:00

BELL'S SCHOLARSHIPS.

CAMBRIDGE, APRIL 4.—At a meeting of the electors
hoiden this day, the following gentlemen were elected
to the vacancies on this foundation:—Hammond Robe-
son Bailey, St. John's College; Charles Spread Towns-
hend, Jesus College.
At a Congregation holden this day, the undermen-
tioned degrees were conferred:—
Honorary Master of Arts—The Hon. Frederick
George Ellis (eldest son of Lord Howard do Walden),
Trinity College.
Masters of Arts—J. W. Neat, Corpus Christi Col-
lege; T. W. H. Gurney. St. John's College.
Bachelors of Arts—R-)bert Stafford Edwards, St.
John's College; Robert Warrener, Catherine Hall.
Doctor of Music—Henry Wilde, Trinity College.
The following gentlemen were admitted M. A.
Inceptors :—F. 0. Adams, Trinity College ; John
Caldecott, Trinity ; W. T. Collings, Trinity ; B. F.
Westootr, Trinity ; Augustus Jessopp, St. John's ;
Isaac Todhunter, St. John's ; G. E. Yate, St. John's ;
Stephen Hanson, Caius ; John Lamb, Caius ; C.
F. Mackenzie, Caius; J. W. Wiglesworth, Caius;
John Wisken, Cains; J. A. Wallace, Trinity Hall; S.
T. Gibson, Queen's College; John Rayon, Magdalen
Hall.

At the same Congregation the following Graces
passed the Senate. The first was non-placeted in the
White Hood House, but carried by 8 placets to 7 non-
pacets :-
1. John Disney, esquire, of St. Peter's College, and
of the Hyde, in the county of Essex, having offered to
transfer 1,0001. Three per Cents. to the Chancellor,
Masters, and Schulars "of Cambridge for the purpose of
founding and endowing a Professorship of Classical
Antiquities, to be called " The Disney Professorship of
Arch )logy."
To accept Mr. Disney's offer, subject to the conditions
specified in a motion to the Senate by the Vice-Chan-
cel:or. dated March 31, 1851.

2. To appoint Dr. Bond, Regiu3 Professor of Physic,
a member of the Syndicate appointed March l7tb, to
consider whether any end what alterations may be made
in the regulations which fix the standing of candidates
for Honours in the Moral Science Tripos and Naturel
Science Tripos.
3. To authorise the Vice-Chancellor to expend a sum
not exceeding 501. for the purpose of completing the
principal walk in the Botanic Garden.

Til PROJECTED VOYAGE TO THE ARCTIC

REGIONS.

Of the nature of the projected voyage to the Arctic
Seas by Mr. Kennedy and his crew of Orkney men, in
search. of Sir John Franklin, a few notes are supplied by
the John o' Groat Journal. Mr. Kennedy is now at
Aberdeen, where the little ship, the " Prince Albert,"
is fitttng out. The route to be followed is
by Lancaster Sound, then down Prince Regent's
Inlet as far as possible. The ship is then to be moored
in some harbour, and two boats will be dispatched in
various directions according to circumstances, or as
the openings in the ice may present. One
boat it is intended tai bring overland to the western
shore, at Crcsswell or Brentford Bay in the direction
of the magnetic pole. The other w ill be sent south-
wards to Felix Harbour, and will cross Boothia
Isthmus, and after striking the seacoast will pro-
ceed by Sir James Ross's Strait to meet the other
boat. After meeting, they will again diverge and
explore westward. It is then intended that one of
the boats ba dispatched in the direction of Simp-
son's Straits, whilst the other will be directed north-
west with a view to come on the tree]: of Dr. Rae and his
party. Mr. Kennedy has been thirteen years in the
service of the Hudson's Bay Company, and spent eight
years of that period in Labrador. Knowing the country,
and the abundance of deer, salmon, and marine animals,
he has the firm persuasion that at least a portioa of Sir
James Franklin's party are yet alive. He goes out with-
out fee or reward, animated by a pare devotion to the
service. The crew consists of seventeen persons, nearly
all natives of Orkney. The expedition is to be conducted
ou teetotal principles; and the ship will be ready for
sea by the end of this month. She carries three boats
—one of mahogany, ono of common materials, and
one of gutta percha. Messrs. Duthie, of Aberdeen,
are building a boat specially tor Mr. Kennedy's use.
It is to be twenty-two feet long, only two feet wide at
the midships, or broadest part, and after being covered
with hide or gutta percha, with one person set in it—
canoe fashion—is calculated to draw only three inches of
water, the depth of the boat is to be twelve inches
at the seat. It is intended to propel this extraordinary
craft after the manner of the natives of these regions—
the Esquinsaux—by a double-bladed oar, and the person
seated in it will be so covered up with a skin dress, but-
toned to the chin and fastened to the deck, that in the
event of its being swamped, it can easily be righted again
without any water getting into it. Mr. Kennedy con-
templates not only using this boat for crossing rivers
over ice, and down rapids, hut to make it his couch of
repose all night, by simply pulling a blanket over him,
and there repose in a temperature that makes one freeze
to think of it. He has been accustomed to these hard-
ships, and has stood many nights in similar circum-
stances, with the thermometer 40 to 50 degrees below
zero; often, too, with no covering but the canopy of
heaven. The Prince Albert will be provisioned for two
years. All success attend her.

Letters have been received from Commander Pullen,
the officer in charge of the boat party from the Mackenzie
River, in search of Sir John Franklin. They are dated
Fort Good Hope, Mackenzie River, July 17, 1830, and
detail the proceedings of the party, who were upon the
point of starting, and hoped to reach the sea about
the 234 of that month. The season had been extraordi-
narily fine, and the party were confident of a❑ open sea.
Others also, natives of the country, were of the same
opinion. Should they find provisions and fuel plentiful
on Banks's Land, it is possible that they might winter
there, for the further prosecution of the search next
season.—lnverness Courier.

SUPPOSED LOSS OF THE NEW YORK PACKET.

SHIP IVANHOE. -
We regret to state that little doubt now remains as
to the fate of the splendid New York lino of packet-ship
Ivanhoe aad her officers and crew, respecting whose loss
grave apprehensions have recently been entertained.
Hitherto no public notice of the feet of the ship's non-
arrival has been token, from a disposition to hope even
against hope; but by the royal mail steam-ship Asia ac-
counts were received from Savannah, on Saturday evening,
which render it unnecessary and futile, we fear, any
longer to preserve silence. Most of our readers will
remember that some months ago the Ivanhoe, whilst in
a storm at sea, lost her Commando., Captain Knight,
who was swept overboard, unseen, from the poop. Her
then chief mate afterwards received the command,
and when the Ivanhoe last left New York, early in
February, was making, we believe, his voyage hither
in that capacity. Subsequently to her departure
from New York the Ivanhoe was observed by
the Joseph Walker, which arrived in the Mersey on the
13th ultimo, ashore on Nantucket Shoals during a fresh
gale of wind, with her sails spread. Her arrival at this
port was, however, daily expected, but without avail;
and at length grave fears of her safety were awakened
by the fact that large quantities of wreck such as
would belong to a ship of the Ivanhoe class had
been passed off the Shoals in question. On Saturday,
however, circumstantial evidence of a more marked
character arrived in Liverpool ; namely, a re-
port from Savannah that the. ship Julia Howard, whilst
on her passage from Boston to that city, passed, on the
12th ult., in lat. 30 34, long. 71, a quantity of wreck and
picked up a broken oar, upon the blade of which the word
Ivanhoe was stamped. Bales of cotton and casks, with the
private marks thereon, bad also been picked up; and, al-
though the discovery of a broken our cannot alone be taken
as evidence of the ship being entirely lost, with all her
crew, yet, combined with the other evidence already
alluded to, we fear it must destroy even the remotest
hope entertained of the Ivanhoe'. safety. The Ivanhoe
was a fine ship, of about 1.300 tons register, and was
this
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i tiiii. Friday afternoon a
se
of receiving
rinstitution was held in
ST. GEORGE'S HOSPITAL
general court of the governors 00.
the report of
ereiv'ingthe past year,
the board-room, for the
the financial condition of the hospital
and on general business. The minutes of ritreige last quarterly
was court having been confirmed, the financial reportl
~,
pre-
sented.
The balance in hand on the 31st of ES
805/. 4s. 9d. The annual subscriptions amountedmber , 1849'
MI
3,367/. 14s. 10d., and the life subscriptions to 2551. The di-
vidends were 2,378/. 18s. 2d , and these sums—added to the
receipts from pupils, benefactions, and legacies—
gave a total
ordinary income of 6,973/. 4s. 4d. The sale of stock during
the year realised 7,601/. 172. 11d., and 111/. Bs. 4d. had been
received from the Sun and Westminster Fire Insurance
offices for damages done by the late fire at the hospital.
Thee total receipts for the year amounted to 15,506/. 14s.
of building
2t/'. receiptsl on behalf of tie convalescent fund were
year w7es• 7d.
The expenses of the establishment for the
le 12199/ 6 4d and 9 520/. had been paid on ac-
count3s2/. 93. Bd. had beenls paid to answer special claims; making
'.cont;cts -;nd architect's commissicn.
the expenditure ,0711. 165., and leaving a balance of 434/.
18s. in favour of the C .
'
charity This statement was received,
and, after
separated. the trail! itct io 4
of sonic routine business, the board

ELECTION COMMITTEE.
ST. ALBAN'S.

At the sitting of th© Committee yesterday morning, the
CHAIRMAN inquired if the missing witness Waggett was
yet forthcoming?
Mr. CLA.IIKE /aid he was not; at a later period of the
day he would be able to state what proceedings had been
taken to discover him, but the officer of the House who
had been in search of him was not now attendance.

The room was then cleared; on parties being again
admitted the Chairman ordered the evidence to be pro-
ceeded with.

Mr. H. Edwards was called in, and ordered to be in
attendance until discharged.
William Lynes, the witness who was committed on
Saturday for prevarication, was brought in the custody
of the officer of the Sergeant-at-Arms, and placed in the
witness's chair for further examination.
Mr. Sergeant hINGLARE objected to the examination
of this witness being proceeded with, as he was under
duresse. The Learned Sergeant was heard at some length
in support of this objection, and the room was again
cleared for deliberation. On parties being re-admitted,
The CHAIRMAN ordered the Learned Counsel to pro-
ceed with the examination of this witness.
William Lynes was again examined, but no very
material fact was elicited except that, after the elec•
tion, the witness remained-concealed for some days,
with several others, at Mr. Edwards's house ; and, accord-
ing to his own account, without knowing or inquiring
the reason why, or remonstrating against such a
course of proceeding. The witness gave his evidence in
the same hesitating manner which had drawn on him
the ce-.sure of the Committee on Saturday.
Thomas Atkins, a labouring man of St. Alban's, was
the next witness examined—He said he voted on the
last election for Mr. Bell, but on all former elections fur
thirty years he had voted for the blue party. He ceuld
not tell why he had changed sides this time. He had
had an interview previous to the election with Mr. Ed-
wards, who left word for him at his (witness's) house to
call at the committee-rooms. No money passed between
them then or at any other time, but witness promised to
vote for Mr. Bell, on Edwards asking him to do so.
After the election witness remained for some time shut
up at Mr.tEdwards'a house with several others, he went
there at Edwards's request, and fur no other reason that
he knew of.

Mrs. Sarah Atkins, the wife of the former witness,
was next called. This witness seemed to know nothing,
and in spite of repeated cautions from the Chairman,
the united efforts of counsel and the Committee, could
produce from her nothing beyond " I don's know," " I
can't remember," " I had nothing to do with the elec-
tion, and I know nothing at all about it."
The witness continuing to persist in evasive and indi-
rect testimony,

The Hon. CHAIRMAN said, really we cannot endure
thin. It is gross prevarication. You arc an old woman,
and we are willing to make every allowance, but we must
have direct answers.

Sir B. HALL—IG is disgraceful that the Committee,
with other important duties to perform, should have to
sit here to be trifled with in this way.
Witness—Knew Brabant, clerk to Mr. Lowe, the local
agent of St. Albans, who brought the summons for her
husband to attend before the Committee. Her husband
had two sovereigns from the blue party for his expenses
to enable him to come up to London on this inquiry, but
did not receive anything during election time. Did not
tell him that her husband had not received more than
others received at the last election.

Tho Hon. CIIAIR3IAN—(tho evidence being olosed)—
Go away, woman.—(Laughter.)
Henry Brabant examined—Corroborated the hot wit-
ness, and &posed to her having told him that her " hus-
band htd received no more than the rest, or no more
than whers at the last election."

Mr. Sergeant KINGLAKE—The attorney's clerk is con
tradieted by two witnesses.

„ -
Tho CHAIRMAN- We have our own impression.
The Committee now wished to know what course the
petitioners intended to take.

Mr. Merewether stated that they had now adduced
fin of the abducted witnesses--Howard, Brandon, Biggs,
Atkins, and Lynes; and the other four—Skeggs, Birch-
more, \Vaggett, and Forster, were not forthcoming
He had, there ore, to suggest that the Committee should
adj,,urn and report the state of things to the House, to
deal with as they might think fit.
Mr. Sergeant KINGLAKE opposed on behalf of the sit-
ting Member, recapitulating what had Wren place since
the first meeting of the Committee. The main object
of the Committee was to inquire into the merits of the
petition against the return of the sitting Member, but
nearly all their time had bean consumed in an investiga-
tion that Ind been engnfied on it, with reference to the
alleged abduction of witnesses with which he had nothing
to do.

After some further discussion the roomlwas cleared, the
Committee having been in deliberation a short time.
On the re-entry of the public,
The CHAIRMAN said they had come to the determina-
tion of adjourning until Thursday, to go on with the
general case, and that they should makes special report
to the House with reference to the case of Woggett.
During the deliberations of the Committee ".tr.
Rickards, the Speaker's counsel, was sent for by the
Committee.
The Committee then adjourtiel.