The Sun.
London, England, 1834-05-02 00:00:00

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WITH ADDITIONAL DESCRIPTIONS OF ALL THE SPECIES HITHERTO

NAMED AND MANY NOT BEFORE NOTICED.

By E. GRIFFITH; F. L. S. A. S. 6T., and othrs.

London : Whittaker and Co., 1834.

The nearly approaching completion of this
great
work, of which twelve volumes have al-
ready appeared, affords the British admirer of
zoological science an opportunity of obtaining
in his own language, and in a perfect form, the
grand outline of the animal kingdom, sketched
by the immortal Cuvier, and now filled in and
enriched with a valuable collection of facts re-
garding the instinct, manners, habits, and loca-
lities of this interesting branch of the creation.
The earlier volumes obtained the approbation
of Cuvier himself, by whom they were even
quoted, and particular reference made to the
plates, many of which, after drawings by Land-
seer, Curtis, Hawkins, &c., are of extreme
beauty and accuracy. The merits of the later
numbers are nothing less ; their contents pre-
sent us with a view of all that has been done
regarding the several classes of which they
treat, either by Continental or British Zoolo-
gists ; and to this synopsis of their labours have
been added numerous original observations from
the pen of Colonel Hamilton Smith, whose
extensive researches, pursued in all parts of the
world, have well qualified him for the task, as
also additional descriptions of species not
hitherto noticed, supplied by Mr. Gray, of the
British Museum, whose life has been devoted
to studies of this kind, and who, out of the
abundant stores to which he has had access,
has been enabled to furnish information equally
novel and important. By a combination of
similar exertions, the editor has been enabled to
give a comprehensive view of the state of zoo-
logy at the present day, and to illustrate the
brief, accurate, scientific descriptions of Cuvier,
with abundance of matter highly attractive and
popular. The style in which the work is
brought out is highly creditable to the spirit and
liberality of the publishers, who, we hope, will
meet in the extensive patronage of the public
that reward which they so highly merit.

THE LONDON UNIVERSITY.

TO THE EDITOP OF THE SUN.

Sin,—lt is objected to the London University that it is a
joint stock company, and therefore unfit for the high and
important office of granting to young men degrees in law
and in the arts. What ! In a country where we intrust the
government of a hundred millions of human beings to a
joint stock company—where we commit to the discretion
of a joint stock company the direction and superintend-
ence of our monetary system—where we confide to a joint
stock company the distribution of the highest honours in
art and science (for what are the Royal Society and Royal
Academy but joint stock companies, incorporated by char-
ter?)—shall we be told that a joint stock company is an
unfit instrument for making doctors of law and masters of
arts? We excuse lawyers for starting such objections.
They are paid, and well paid, for what they say ; and if
they cannot find good arguments they must use bad ones,
or return their fees. But to the noodles out of doors, who
go about repeating like parrots what they have heard, vve
put the question, whether the instances we have cited are
noteve even
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examination
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forwith
degrees? What, then, is the specific objection. to the
London University being invested with that power? Is it
the poverty of that institution and the paucity of its en-
dowment? Who made this objection? Why, the College
of Surgeons, and the College of Physicians. The College
of Surgeons, which has no annual fund for its daily ex-
penses, but what it derives from fees for examinations and
diplomas. The College of Physicians, which proclaims
itself a beggarly corporation, and under that pretence seeks
to withdraw itself from the inquisitorial eye of the House
of Commons. Is it the rank or quality of its founders, that
foam the objection to the London University ? Must it be

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(”-cluded from royal Pasl6n*e because it reckons amongst
!its founders a Duke of Norfolk and a Duke of v. erset,
'while the offspring of Widow Wadhain rears its head
'among the noblest at Oxilkrd? Is it its origin from olun-
tary subscription, that is ebjccted tog True it is, that,
Christ Church at Oxford, and Trinity College at Cam-
bridge were endowed with the limits of rapine and spolia-
tion ; but is it necessary for the honour of those venera-
ble bodies, that no similar institution should he created by
honester means? Is it the defective constitution of the London
University that excludes it from the honour it seeks to attain ?
Is it so difficult, then, to modify the internal mechanism of
an institution ; so as to fit it for the purposes it is meant to
serve ? Is it impossible to devise qualifications for the
ICouncil, that shall insure the fitness and respectability of its
members? Are house lists impracticable everywhere ex-
cept at Leadenhall-street and the Bank ? No difficulty
will be found among the proprietors who have advanced
their money, not for the lucre of gain, but for the diffusion
of knowledge and education among thousands of their coun-
trymen, excluded from these benefits at present by their
poverty, their situation in life, and the bigotry of the Eng-
lish Universities.

A SHAREHOLDER
IN THE LONDON UNIVERSITY.

COURT CIRCULAR.

His Majesty received yesterday the address on the sub-
ject of the union with Ireland from the two Houses of
Parliament. _ _ _

Shortly before two o'clock the Speaker of the House of
Commons arrived in state at St. James's Palace, accom-
panied by his secretary, Mr. Charles Manners Sutton, and
the Chaplain, and attended by the Sergeant-at-Arms and
some of the fficers of the House of Commons. Sir Charles
was in his state robes, and wore 4.his collar as a Knight
Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath. A party of mem-
bers came with Sir Charles to the Palace. _ . .

A numerous deputation from the House of Peers arrived
soon afterwards from the House of Lords, accompanying
the Lord Chancellor, who was attended by his secretaries
and the purse and mace-bearers. The Lords and the
officers of the House of Peers were in full court-dress, the
members of Orders of Knighthood wearing their respec-
tive collars, it being a collar-day (St. Philip and St.
James). •
The deputations assembled in one of the state-rooms
(Queen Anne's room), and soon after two o'clook were
,ushered through the adjoining room (George M.'s room)
to the throne-room.

His Majesty received the address on the throne. To the
right of the King stood the Groom of the Stole, Lord
Adolphus Fitzclarence (the Lord in Waiting), and the
Secretary of State for the Home Department. Close to
his Majesty, on the left, were the Master of the Horse, the
Lord Steward, and the Comptroller of the Household.
Their Royal Highnesses the Dukes of Cumberland and
Gloucester, the Lord Chamberlain, the Captain of the
thin. Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms, Lord Hill (Gold
Stick in Waiting), the Master of the Horse to the Queen,
the Master of the Robes, the Captain of the Yeomen
Guard, the Clerk Marshal, Colonel Bowater (Equerry),
Sir Joseph Whatley (Groom in Waiting), Sir Charles
Paget, and Master Stephenson (Page of Honour), were
on either side of the throne. The Hon. Corps of Gentle-
men-at-Arms, commanded by their lieutenant, Mr. Spry,
formed two lines in the room, between which the Lords
and Commons advanced to the foot of the throne.
The Lord Chancellor then read the address from the
Houses of Parliament, and afterwards presented it to the
King, by whom it was given to Viscount Melbourne, the
Secretary of State for the Home Department. His Ma-
jesty returned a gracious reply to the address, and the de-
putations and their officers then withdrew, passing on
their return through the guard chamber, which was lined
by a party of the Yeomen Guard, under the command of
of Sir Thomas Horsley Curteis, the Exon in Waiting.
The deputation from the Lords included the Archbi-
shopk of York and Cashel, the Bishop of Hereford, the
Earl of Shaftesbury, Chairman of Committees, Dukes of
Wellington, Gordon, Beaufort, Richmond, Sutherland,
and Norfolk ; Marquises of Thomond and Lansdowne ;
Earls of Mulgrave, Amherst, Cawdor, Grey, Denbigh,
Rosslyn, Courtown, and Ripon ; Lords Prudhoe, Plun-
ket, Bexley, and Auckland. The deputation was at-
tended by Sir Augustus Clifford, Gentleman Usher of the
Black Rod, and Mr. Courtenay, Clerk Assistant of the
Parliament.

Amongst the members of the House of Commons were
—Earl Grosvenor, Lords Sandon, Althorp, Oxmantown,
and Lennox ;• the Right Hon. Sir Robert Peel, J. Little-
ton, and Spring Rice ; the Lord Advocate of Scotland ;
Sir George Staunton ; Messieurs Frederick Pollock, God-
son, Chichester, Gaskell, Forster, Hall, Yelverton, Dill-
wyn Craven Berkeley, RichardPease, W.Hughe,
Hughes, Watson,Watson,
and Wm. Fielden.
Their Majesties went. in state last evening to honour
Covent-garden Theatre with their presence. Soon after
seven o'clock their Majesties and suite in ten carriages,
with an escort of the Royal Horse Guards, arrived at the
theatre. The first carriage contained Colonel Wilson and
two other Gentlemen Ushers to the Queen, and Sir Tho-
mas Horsley Curteis, the Exon of the Yeomen of the
Uward. In tjat. oecond carriagewere _four Gentlemen
shers to the Ming. The third carriage contained the
Hon. Captain Hay, Equerry to the Queen, the Lieut. of
the Yeomen of the Guard, Master Stephenson, Page of
Honour to the King, and Master Grimston, Page of Ho-
nour to the Queen. Lord Frederick Fitzclarence, Equerry
to the King, Sir Joseph Whatley, Groom in Waiting, the
Clerk Marshal, and the Silver Stick in Waiting, were in,
the fourth carriage. The fifth carriage contained
Sir William Fremantle, Treasurer of the Household,
Lord Robert GrOsvenor, Controller of the House-
hold, Sir Henry Wheatley, Keeper of the Privy
Purse, and one of the Ladies of the Queen's House-
hold. In the sixth carriage were Miss Mitchell, Maid
of Honour, and another lady of the Queen's Household ;
the Captain of the Yeomen Guard, and the Master of the
Robes. Miss Bagot and Miss Hudson, Maids of Honour,
Lord Hill, Gold Stick in Waiting, and Lord Adolphus
Fitzclarence, Lord in Waiting, were in the seventh
carriage. The eighth carriage contained Miss Hope
Johnstone, Maid of Honour, the Earl of Errol, Master of
the Horse to the Queen, and the Earl of Denbigh, Lord
Chamberlain to the Queen. In the ninth carriage were
the Marchioness of Westmeath, Lady of the Bedchamber,
the Earl of Albemarle, Master of the Horse ; the Duke
oLforAdralal,mbLeorrldainS. tewTahre,
laasn the
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carriage
of
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con-
tained the King and Queen,prince George of Cambridge,
and Lady Clinton, Lady in Waiting on the Queen.
A Guard of Honour (of the. Foot Guards) were on
duty at the Royal entrance ; the Field Officer in Waiting,
Colonel Bowater, received their Majesties on their arrival.
His Grace the Duke of Devonshire (Lord Chamberlain)
preceded their Majesties to the Royal-box, bearing wax-
lights. The appearance of the Royal-box was rich and
elegant ; the front was hung with drapery of crimson velvet
and gold; above the gilt cornice at the top was a large
crown. The Royal arms were placed in front of the box.
The interior and the ante-room adjoining were hung with
yellow. Both the box and the ante-room were illuminated
with candelabra on gilt pedestals. His Majesty wore an
Admiral's uniform, decorated with the stars of the Orders
of the Garter and the Bath, and the riband and jewel of the
Order of the Garter. Prince George of Cambridge wore
a military uniform, and was on the right hand of the King.
Chairs of state for their Majesties were placed in the front
of the Royal box. •
The King gave audience yesterday to Sir John Macdo-
nald, the- Adj utant- General.
The Duke of Sussex and the Princess Sophia lunched
with their Majesties yesterday.
His Majesty, attended by Lord Frederick Fitzclarence
and General Macdonell, inspected the Mews at Pimlico
yesterday.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent and the
Princess Victoria, accompanied by their Serene High-
nesses Prince Frederick of Saxe Coburg and the Prince of
Leinin,ren, and attended by the Duchess of Northumber-
land, Lady Ther6a Strangwayes, Lady Caroline Strang-
wayes, Lady Catherine Jenkinson, Lady Louisa Jenkinson,
Hon. Lady Cust, Lady Conroy, Miss Conroy, Baroness
Lehzen, Earl of Ilchester, Earl of Liverpool, Hon. Sir
George Anson, Hon. Sir Edward Cust, Sir John Conroy,
and Sir Frederick Wetherall, attended Mr. Sale's concert
yesterday, at the Hanover-square Rooms, Mr. Sale being
one of the Princess Victoria's instructors in music.
The Duke of Cumberland honoured the entertainment
given by the Marchioness of Salisbury on Wednesday
evening with his presence.
A Cabinet Council was held at four o'clock yesterday
afternoon at the residence of Viscount Althorp. It was
attended by Earl Grey, the Lord Chancellor, the Mar-
quis of Lansdowne, the Earl .of Ripon, Viscount Mel-
bourne, Mr. Secretary Stanley, the Duke of Richmond,
the Earl of Carlisle, •Sir James Graham, the Right Hon.
Charles Grant, Lord Holland, and Lord John Russell.
Lord Sandon, accompanied by several other members of
the House of Commons, connected with the shipping inte-
rest, had an interview on Wednesday with the President
and Vice-President of the Board of Trade.
Mr. Burnley transacted business yesterday at the Colo-
nial Office.

The Cabinet Ministers dined with the Marquis of Lans-
downe on Wednesday evening, at his residence in Berkeley-
square.

Great conquerors are curses on mankind,
while they live.; and, when they die, they leave no re-
lics like the skins of their predecessors, I had almost
said their ancestors, the wolves and hears.

The remarkable stories of Kreutzner, the
German Visionary, and of Lady Edward Mortimer,
in the new novel of " Eustacc Conway," are not with:
out precedent in actual life-. The singularity of the
details, indeed, seems to attest this, for imagination
alone could hardly invent anything at once so remark-
able, and yet so reconcileable to what may be expected
of human nature under such circumstances. But who
is the author of the work ? and why should so power-
ful and original a writer hide his name, the announce-
ment of which, if we guess right, would add so much
to the success of his book ? We do not hesitate to rank
him among the cleverest novelists of the day.

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

OXFORD, APRIL 30.—This day the following degrees
were conferred :

BACHELOR IN MEDICINE, WIT;! LICENSE TO PRAC-
TICE—George Lloyd, St. John's, Grand Compounder.
MASTERS OF ARTS—Rev. Robert Bailey Fisher, Pem-
broke, Grand Compounder; Alexand, r Allan Francklyn,
Exeter, Grand Compounder ; Rev. Thomas Henry Hawes,
New College ; Henry Davison, Trinity.
BACHELORS OF Awrs—Peregrine -Allen, New Inn Hall;
Isaac Spencer, St. Mary Hall ; Henry Sugden, Alban
Hall ; Nicholas Watts and William Grice, University ;
Lord Charles Thynne, Christ Church • Robert Smith,
Worcester ; John Harvey Harding, Arthur Stevenson
Gem, and Thomas Taylor, Magdalen Hall ; Alfred Stack-
house, Lincoln ; Thomas Christopher Burrow, Queen's ;
Edmund Telfer Yates, and Aldred Twining, Oriel ; Henry
Heming, Francis John Kitson, and John Joseph Pratt,
Fellows of St. John's ; Henry John Fellows, and James
Lacy, St. John's.
CAMBRIDGE, MAY I.—On the 22d ult. Edward Warter,
William Delaney Lawson, and William Foster, Bachelors
of Arts, of Magdalen college, were elected Fellows of that
society.
At a congregation on Wednesday last the folloWing de-
grees were conferred :

DOCTOR IN DIVINITT.—Rev. Charles Jenkin, St. Pe-
ter's college.
MASTERS OF ARTS.—Rev. Henry M'lntosh Crichlow,
Trinity college ; Rev. Francis Owen, St. John's college ;
Rev. Richard' Paul Amphlett, St: Peter's college ; Rev.
William Gurden Moore, Corpus. Christi college ; Rev.
John Shaw, Jesus college ; Rev. Thomas John Theobald,
Christ's college. _ . _ _ _

BACHELORS OF ARTS.-John Horner Jenkins, Trinity
college; John Marsh, Catherine hall.. _ _

At an ordination held in the cathedral church of Peter-
borough, on Sunday, the Lord Bishop of Peterborough ad-
mitted the following gentlemen into holy orders : -
DEACONS. —Robert Burdett Burgess, 8.A., and John
Price, B. A. both of Queen's college, Cambridge.
PR lESTS.L.John Samuel Broad, 8.A., St Edmund hall,
Oxford; Charles Cookson, 8.A., St. John's college, Cam-
bridge ; Frank Borocher Wright, 8.A., Queen's college,
Oxford.