The Sun.
London, England, 1866-02-28 00:00:00

Drury-Lane Theatre.

The play-bill at Drury-lane is now so quickly and
pleasantly diversified with tragedy, comedy, pan-
tomime, and farce, as to suit the tastes of all classes
and conditions of playgoers. Those who relish
stage-pictures of life and manners in the last cen-
tury may choose between Mr. Phelps's clever per-
formance of Oakley in " The Jealous Wife" and the
same actor's still more finished impersonation of Sir
Pertinax Macsycophant in "The Man of the World ;"
while Shaksperians will find that their interests have
been consulted in the production of " The Mer-
chant of Venice," with Mr. Phelps and Mrs. Her-
manVezin as the efficient representatives of Shyiock
and Portia.

The Christmas entertainment has long outlived
the season for which it was originally intended.
'• King Pippin," the most successful pantomime
that has ever been produced upon these boards, still
pursues its merry and prosperous career, and nightly
awakens the wonder and delight of the juvenile por-
tion of the audience.

Sir Bulwer Lytton's favourite play of "Richelieu"
is underlined for Monday next.

University Intelligence.

OXFORD, Feb. 27.

In a convocation held this day at two o'clock the
nomination of Henry Wentworth Acland, D.M.,
Christ Church, and the Rev. George Rawlinson,
M.A., Exeter College, as Curators of the Univer-
sity Galleries, and that of the Rev. Wm. Jackson,
M.A., Worcester College, as Curator of Sir Robt.
Taylor's foundation, were submitted and approved.
The new regulations for the Burdett Coutts'
Scholarships were approved.
In a Congregation held immediately afterwards a
new statute. regulating the Professorship of Experi-
mental Philosophy was promulgated.
Professor ROLLESTON proposed an amendment
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Professor ItoGERs objected to clealin, with the
question of professorial fees piecemeal, am criticised
the wording of the statute.

Professor GOLDWIN SUITII supported Dr. Rolle-
sto n's amendment.

The VICE-CHANCELLOR explained that thee. use
which it was proposed to amend was no new re! 1-
lation, but was adopted from an existing statute.
Professor PHILLIPS urged that the legislation, %.t
least for all the Museum Professors, should be uni-
form.

Dr. ACLAND supported Dr. Rolleston, and men-
tioned that in the case of the Clinical Professorship
a fee was claimed from each of the professor's pupils
by a person unconnected with the University.
A. statute was then promulgated suppressing the
Aldrichian Professorship of Chemistry, and devot-
ing the stipend to other objects connected with
physical science.

Sir BENJAMIN BRODIE asked whether the new
disposition of the funds would be permanent, or
whether a power would be taken of restoring them
at some future time to a Professor of Chemistry.
As it appeared, after some discussion, that a per-
manent diversion would probably be effected by the
statute, Sir Benjamin proposed an amendment to
the effect that the endowment should not be per-
manently diverted from a Professorship of Che-
mistry.
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lieu of Universityas altogether
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position
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themselves of it. The charge ought
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already compounded, since a portion of the sum for
which they had compounded was now to be trans-
ferred to the Colleges, and would be chargeable
upon them. He understood that it was intended to
remedy this injustice by decree ; but he would be
glad of an assurance to that effect.
The VICE-CHANCELLOR gave the assurance re-
quested.
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able for the rate of the composition, which he him-
self thoughttoo high. The principle which he wished
to calculate had been fixed by the Council. He was
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