The Sun.
London, England, 1851-01-13 00:00:00

ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE•

The Rev. Major Rideriiresier,l3.A., to Christchurch
stipendiary curacy, Liverpool.
he R;-v. John Edwin Fell, M.A., St. John's Cullege,
to Acton vicarage, Suffolk.
The Rev. Henry James Marshall, M.A., St. John's
College, to Melksham eursey, Wilts.
ST. PETER'S COLLEGE.

The Rev. Bertie Entwistle Johnson, 8.A., St. Peter's
College, to Hurstock rectory, Salop.
CLARE HALL.
The Rev. Richard Lee James, S.C.L., licensed to the
curacy of St. John's, Portsea.
GONVILLE AND CANTS COLLEGE.
The Rev. Arthur Rawson Ashwell, M.A., late sholar
of this college, has been appointed Vice-Principal of St.
Mark's College, Chelsea.

The Rev. —Henry Drury, M.A., vicar of Bremhill,
Wilts, to be domestic chaplain to the Lord Bishop of
Salisbury.
The Ror. Melville Horne Scott, RA., licensed to
Ockbrook stipendiary curacy, Derbyshire.
ST. CATHERINE'S HALL.
The Rev. Alfred Oliver Wellstead, 8.A., licensed to
St. Jude perpetual curacy, Bristol,
CußlS'r'S COLLEGE.
The Rev. Ilaygarth Taylor Baines, M.A., perpetual
curate of St. Roseland, Lancashire, has been appointed
Head Master of Prescott Grammar School.
The Rev. Edward William Fenwick, 8.A., licensed to
Staffordshire.
COLLEGE.
BuTttheertßanevs.tiGpeenodrEgiaemrymvicAruNirguahEetyt,
Bence, 8.A., to be chaplain
of Highworth and Swindon Union, Wilts.
The Rev. George John Wild, S.C.L. licensed toNor-
tonoon-the Moors stipendiary curacy, Staffordshire.

ROYAL COLLEGE OF SUAGEONS.—The following
gentlemen having undergone the necessary examinations for
the diploma, were admitted members of the college at the
meeting of the court of examiners on the 10th inst.:—Messrs.
John Bunney, Coventry; William Henry Paine Stroud,
Gloucestershire ; Gideon James William Griffith, Mount-
pleasant-square, Dublin; Harry Speakman Webb, Oxford;
William Dixon Grahame, London ; Henry Brougham Hill-
coat, Brussels • George Rhind Bull, Birmingham; Patrick
TphiltinsitliPielfast ; Alfred Puddicombe, Moretonhampstead,
Devon ; James Bain, Bombay ; and William Palmer Steele,
Abergavenny, Monmouthshire. At the same meeting of the
court Mr. Charles Bedingfield Wood, and Mr. Edward Wil-
liam Pritchard, passed their examinations for naval sur-
geons; these gentlemen had previously been admitted mem-
bers of the college, their diplomas bearing date respectively
July 11, 1845, and May 29, 1846.
An advertisement has been issued by the Admiralty
for tenders for a monthly mail steam service between Siega-
-1 pore and Sydney, Australia. After the discussion which has
taken place on the superior advantages of the two other
routes—viz., Panama and the Cape of Good Hope—this ap-
parent intention to close the matter by a sudden selection of
the line which has certainly thus far been. loast favoured by
public Opinion will excite considerable surprise. The tendeis
are to be sent in on the 13th February, but as Parliament
meet on the 4th there will fortunately be time to prevent the
plan being carried through without sufficient explanations.
In the face of what has just been developed respecting the ten
years' Brazil contract the public will have no excuse for want
of vigilance.— Times.
THE SHOP-lILIND NUISANCE.--A correspondent,
" 'Write," says the Builder, recas attention to this great street-
nuisance, of which we have taken repeated occasion to com-
plain. If there be in the police force any " proper men," as
strapping six-feet fellows were wont to be called, they must
have had their attention forcibly called to the fact that the
awnings and tackle complained of are a nuisance—of a high
order, we were on the point of saying ; but the point is pre•
c ely
b the hoisted
e
high h7.'eh enrethoe police to compel them, one and
all,ugh to be clear, not only of what-
" Write" calls the " domes of thought," but of the tiles and
chimney-pots with which it is usual to, cap these lofty
" domes," we should care title about the other improvements
in them §pggerated by our correspondent.