The Sun.
London, England, 1867-02-16 00:00:00

The University Boat Rice.

Both crews are practising daily, and exhibiting marked
improvement, but the Cantabs are not making so rapid a
progress towards proficiency as the Oxonians. The Can-
tabs still possess the advantage of having four men in th%
boat this year who rowed so gallantly in the University
race at Putney last season, viz., Mr. W. B. Griffiths, of
Trinity, the old stroke oar ; Mr. 11. Fortescue, of Magda-
lene, No. 4. ; Mr. Still, of Gains, bow; and Mr. J. U.
Bourke, of Trinity, No. 3. The Oxonians are labouring
under considerable disadvantage in this respect, as there
aro two of the gentlemen of the last triumphant
crow to take their places in the boat at the
forthcoming contest—Mr. F. Willan, of Exeter College,
the president, who rowed No. 4, and M. W. Wood, of
University, No. 6. The crew has co deplore the loss of
Mr. M. Brown, of Trinity, who rowed the stroke oar so
effectively last year, and during the whole of the "coach-
ing" this term it is much to be regretted that the president
has not been assisted by any old university oarsman, ex-
cepting an occasional look in from Mr. G. Morrison, but
has had the onerous task thrown upon him of doing the
whole of the work, including the great responsibility of
choosing a new stroke, besides which he and Mr. Wood
are prevented from entering the boat for practice., as there
has been no ono else to look after the crew. However
equal these gentlemen may have shown themselves to the
emergency, it is to be hoped that they will be relieved
from a position so detrimental to the success of the crew.

LONDON GAZETTE—Last Evening.

WHITEHALL, FED. it

The Queen has boon pleased io appoint the Right Hon.
Sir Wm. Erle, Knt. ; the Right Hon. Thomas George, Earl
of Lichfield ; Francis Charteris, Esq. (commonly called
Lord Elcho); the Right Hon. Sir Edmund Walker Head,
Bart., K.C.B. ; Sir Daniel Gooch, Bart. ; Herman Merivale,
Esq., C. 8.; James Booth, Esq., C.B. • John A. Roebuck,
Esq., one of her Majesty's Counsel; Thomas Hughes,
Esq., Barrister-at-Law ; Frederic Harrison, Esq., Barris-
ter-at-Law; and William Mathews, Esq.; to be her
Majesty's Commissioners to inquire into and report on the
organisation and rules of Trades Unions and other Asso-
elation; whether of workmen or employers, and to in-
quire into and report on the effect produced by such
Trades Unions and Associations on the workmen and
employers respectively, and on the relations between work-
men and employers, and on the trsde and industry
of the country, with power to investigate any recent acts
of intimidation, outrage, or wrong alleged to have been
promoted, encouraged,or connived at by such trades unions
or other associations, and also to suggest any improve-
ments to bo made in the law with respect to the matters
aforesaid, or with respect to the relations between work-
men and their employers for the mutual benefit of both
parties. _

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FOREIGN OFFICE, FEB. 12.
The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. William
Glasgow Cowell as Consul at Gibraltar for his Majesty the
King of tho Hellenes.
DOWNING-STREET, FEB. 14.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint David P. Chal-
mers, Esq., to be Magistrate for her Majesty's Settlement
on the River Gambia on the Western Coast of Africa.

CROWN-OFFICE,IVB7II.-- ---
MEMBERS RETURNED TO SERVE IN THE PRESENT PARLLk-

MENT.
College of the Holy Trinity of Dublin—Hedges Eyre
Chatterton, Esq., her Majesty's Solicitor-General for Ire-
land, in the room of the Right Hon. John Edward Walsh,
who has accepted the office of Master of the Rolls in Ire-
land.

FEE. 14.
County of Northampton.—Northern Division.—Sack-
George Stoptord, Esq., in the room of the Right Honour-
able William Alleyne Cecil (commonly called Lord Burgh-
ley), now Marquis of Exeter, summoned to the House of
Peers.

Town of Galway.--The Right Honourable Michael
Morris, her Majesty's Attorney-General for Ireland.
ADMIRALTY, FEB. 12.
_ Commander William Henry Webb has been this day
promoted to be a ltstired Captain under her Majesty's
Orders in Conseil of 3d August, 1860, 12th July, 1864, and
24th March, 1866.

CO URSE OF EXCHANGE.—Last Evening.
Amsterdam Short. 11 16 11 17
Ditto 3 Months. 11 18 11 19}
11 18f 11 19}

Rotterdam
Antwerp
25 So 25 40
Brussels — 25 35 25 40
Hamburg — 13 8} 13 9f
Paris Short 25 10 25 20
Ditto 3 Months. 25 30 25 37}
Marseilles
Frankfort on the Maine 120 120}
Vienna — 12 95 13 5
Trieste — 12 95 13 5
Potersburgu
62 3015} 6 2 3016
Berlin
Madrid —47 i
Cadiz
Leghorn
Milan
Genoa
26 90
27 ._
Naples — 26 90
Palermo -27
26 90 27

Mossi na
Lisbon
Oporto

26 90
51 b 2
51k 521

LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET.
(This Day.)

Market quiet. Sales 6,000 or 7,000 bales.

SHIPPING INTELLIGENCE.

(lir TELEGRAPH.)

GRAVESEND, Saturday Morning.
Wind, S.W. ; light and fine.

Arrived, Fob. 15—Normaudie, steamer, from Dunkirk;
Friendship, from Dordt ; Britannia, steamer, from Cadiz.
Arrived, Feb. 16—Moselle, steamer, from Antwerp;
Giraffe, steamer, and Panther, steamer, from Boulogne;
Albion, steamer, from Ostend; Terming, steamer, from
Gestamund ; Martlett, steamer, from Dunkirk; Cosmopo-
litan, steamer, from Hamburg ; Yeo, from Rouen; Vries_
land, from Worcum ; Two Friends, from Guernsey.
Sailed, Feb. 16 —St. Andrew's Castle, for Colomon.

Wind, S.W. by S. ; moderateDEAL, Saturday Morning..
No arrivals.

A CHEAP BAROMETER.--•A countryman in the
neighbourhood of York has discovered a natural
barometer, being no other than the spider's web. When
it is about to rain and be windy, the spider shortens con-
siderably the last thread to which his web is suspended,
and leaves it in this state while the weather remains vari-
able. If the insect lengthens its threads it will be fine,
and the fineness may be guessed by the length they attain
to. If the spider remains inactive, it is a sign of rain; if,
on the contrary, it begins to work while it rains, it be-
tokens a speedy change for the better. The spider alters
his web every 24 hours, and if these alterations are made
a little before sunset the night will be fine.—The Queen.
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Regi-
ment, Bombay Infantry. The deceased was at running
drill on Monday afternoon, when ho suddenly showed
symptoms of exhaustion, became insensible, and died in
about threo hours from apoplexy. The jury returned a
verdict to that effect.
A monument to the late Lord Holland has been
erected in the churoh of St. Giuseppe in the Ttivien, d
Chi+, Naples.