The Sun.
London, England, 1850-02-13 00:00:00

DISCOMMUNINO.

Two tradesmen have been discocumuned for infracVon
of the regulations of the university; the one (one of the
principal tailors of the town) for three months, and the
other (the keen er of an " old curiosity shop") during the
pleasure of the authorities.
THE BURNEY PRIZE.
The late Mr. Richard Burney, M.A., of Christ's
College, having signified his intention of founding an
annual prize, not exceeding 1051., for the best English
essay " on some meral or metaphysical subject, on the
existence, nature, and attributes of God, or on the truth
and evidence of the Christian religion ;" and his inten•
tion having; been carried into affect by his sister and
executrix, Allis Jane Caroline Burney,
The Vice-Chancellor has given notice that the subject
for the present year is, " The unity of design, which
pervades the successive dispensations of religion recorded
in the Scriptures is an argument fur the truth of re►e-
lation."

The candidates for the prize are to be the Bachelors
of Arts in their first year of standing; and the essays
are to be sent in to the Vice-Chancellor on or before the
12th of November, 1850, with the names of the re-
spective authors sealed up.
The author of the essay best approved is to print it at
his own expense, and to deliver, or cause to be delivered,
Libraries of Oxford,
yr to the Lib! ary of
Ca
icno.ipsyesocf iotnt,ogotla, otoUtnhi:eursniityyerLiiitbyrar
Dublin, and Edinburgh, and to each of the adjudicators
of the priz, who are the Vice-Chancellor, the Master of
Christ's College, and the Norrisian Professor of Divinity.
TRINITY COLLEGE.

TILE DEALTRY PRIZES.
The sum of 1,050/., Three per Cent. Consols, wa',
on the 31st ult., transferred to the waster, fellows,
and scholars of Trinity College, Cambridge, to found
two annual prizes of
,15 guineas each, to be called
the " Dealtry prizes,' in commemoration of the
high esteem in which the late William Dealtry,
D.D., Archdeacon of Surrey, and formerly fellow
of Trinity College, was held by his friends and former
pupils. Amongst the contributors to this fund are the
Archbishops ,of Canterbury, and York, the Bishops of
London, Winchester, Oxford. Lich& ld, and Gloucester,
and Bristol; the Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer and
Baron Parke; the Dean of Winchester; the Warden of
New College, Oxford; the Master and Senior Dean of
Trinity College, Cambridge, &c.

GENERAL SCREW-STEAM SHIPPING COMIUNY.
Yesterday was the day fixed for the trial trip of the
Company's fine new iron steamer the Propontis, in-
tended to trade between this c .untry and the Mediter-
race in and Constantinople. Shortly before one o'clock
the Propontis started from the Brunswick Pier, Black.
wall, and proceeded down the river. The weather wag
well suited to test the powers of the screw vessel, as it
blew strongly from the west, amounting early in the
day almost to a gale of wind, which moderated towards
evening, but was still sufficient to oppose considerable
resistance on her return up the river. Her perfor-
mance was in every respect satisfactory. Notwith-
stsn,ling the stiffness which necessarily attends the mo-
tion of row and untried machinery, she attained the
speed of 104 knots in the first hour and accomplished
the whole distance run, about 24 miles, in less than two
.hours, her engines making on an average 60 revolutions
in the minute. Taking into consideration the state of
the wind and tide, the speed reached by the new vessel is
about equal to that of her predecessors, the Bosphorus
and the Hellespont, on their trial trips, and an increase
may reasonably be expected when the machinery shall
have gained freedom by a little exercise. The dimensions
of the Propontis are as follows:
Length between perpendiculars, 176 feet.
Br( adth, 25 feet.

Depth, 17 feet. •
Tonnage, 660. She has two engines, each of 40-horse
power. Accommodation is provided for 20 first class
and 6 steerage
was furnished on board to those who accompanied the
passengers. A handsome entertainment
vessel on her first excursion. Amongst those present we
noticed Mr. Laming, Mr. Margetson, Captain Ford, of
the Ottoman Steam Navy; Mr. Howell, Captain War-
den, R.N., Baron Moncorvo, Captain Halsted, Mr. How,
Mr. Maudslay, M. Echapparre, Lieutenant of the Rus-
sian Itrperitst Service, and Mr. Jackson. The Propontis
has been built in the short space of four months by
Messrs. Mare and Co., from the designs of Mr. T.
Waterman, of Blackwall. The engines have been sup-
plied by Messrs. Maud;lay and Co. We may add that
the substantial and appropriate fittings of the cabins re-
flect credit on the parties who furnished them.
TUE ADVERTISEMENT Dunr.—Among the Par.

liamentary papers issued during the last session was one
showing the number of adyertisements on which duty
was paid in each year from 1833 to the end of 1840.
This is the last return, and as the subject is to be
brought before the "louse of Commons by Mr. Ewart,
on Thursday, the information contained in the return is

of some value. In England the number of edvertise-
merits in 1826 was 775,356, and the duty (3s. 6cl. each)
was 135,687/. 65.; in 1827, the number was 765,593, and
the duty 133,978/. 15s. 6d.; in 1828, the number was
779.250, and the duty 136,3681. 155.; in 1829, the number
was 777,445, and the duty 136,0521. 17s. 6d.; in 1830,
the number was 788.091, and the duty 137,9151. 185,6 d.;
in 1831, the number was 787,649, and the duty
137,8381. I ls. 6d.; in 1832, the number was 783,557, and
the duty 137,1221. 94. 6d. The duty was reduced to
Is. 6d. from the sth of July, 1833. In 1834, the number
was 977,441, and the duty 73,3081. Is. 6d.; in 1835, the
number was 1,038,041, and the duty 77,8531. ls. 6(1.; in
1836, the number wa6 1,173,136, and the duty 87,9851.
45.; in 1837, the number s% as 1,206,680, and the duty
90,501/.; in 1838, the number was 1,315,581, and the
duty 98,668/. I Is. 6d.; in 1839, the number was
1,351,421, and the duty 101,356/. I Is. 6d.; and in 1840,
the number was 1,425,387, and the duty 106,904/. Os. 6d.

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE
OF TUESDAY.
GENERAL ORDER.
HORSE GUARDS, FEB. 12.
Her Majesty having been graciously pleased to com-
mand, that medals should be struck to record the
services of her fleets and armies during the wars
commencing in 1793, and ono of these medals having
already been given, under the General Order
of the Ist of June 1847, to every officer,
non-commissioned officer, and soldier, who was present
at any of the battles and sieges referred to in the above
order, her Majesty has now been graciously pleased
further to command that one of the same medals shall be
granted to every officer, non-commissioned officer, and sol-
dier, who has not already received one under the above-
mentioned order, and who may have been present with
the army which performed the great achievements in
Egypt during the war ending in 1801.
Officers and soldiers who consider that they have a
claim to receive such medal are each to apply—as di-
rected in the General Order of the Ist of June, 1847;
the General officers having such claims through the
Secretary cf the Commander-in-Chief of the army;
The Staff officers through the General officers under
whom they served, if alive; if not alive, through the
Adjutant-General of the army;—
Officers, non-commissioned officere, and soldiers of
regiments, battalions, and detachments, through the
commanding officer of the regiment, battalion, or detach-
ment at the time, if still alive. This will be known by
nquiry at the agents of the regiment resident in London.
If such commanding officer should not be alive, the ap-
plication, in writing, must be made through the Ad-
jutant-General of the army.
The Board of General Officers is hereby, by her
Majesty's command, directed to take into consideration
—to investigate—the facts stated in each of these
several applications, and to report to the Commander-
in-Chief upon the same, for the information of her
Majesty, and to enable those commanded by her Ma-
jesty to deliver to the claimants the medals accordingly.
The Adjutant-General and the Military Secretary to
the Commander-in-Chief, will transmit to the Secretary
to the Board of General Officers such informa-
tion as they may have been able to acquire, to assist in
the investigations which the Board will have to make.
The Commander-in-Chief has been required to desire,
that the Board of General Officers will have alphabetical
lists made out of the names of the claimants to one of
these medals, with his rank.

Her Majesty has been graciously pleased to command,
that the departments of the Secretary at War and of the
Paymaster-General may furnish to the Board of General
Officers such information as the records of those Depart-
ments respectively can furnish, of the names of those
serving with the army in Egypt at the period at which
that service was achieved; and that the several Govern-
ments in India should be required to furnish to the
Board of General Officers in London such information:in
respect to regiments sent to Egypt from India, of names
of the several officers and individuals serving on the staff,
or in the ranks of the several regiments employed, as
can be found in the several offices under the several Go-
vernments in India.
The several Governments in India will be desired to
form, at the Presidency of each of the Governments, a
board of officers, which shall have instructions to inquire
into claims referred to such board, whether by the Com-
mander-in-Chief of the Army, or by the Board of Gene-
ral Officers sitting in London, or by the Commander-in-
Chief of the Army of each presidency in India.
In extending this further mark of her Majesty's gra-
cious consideration to those officers, non-commissioned
officers, and soldiers, whose claims to a medal, on ac•
count of any cf the services specified in the General
Order of the Ist of June, 1847, may have already been
admitted, an additional bar, bearing the word "Egypt"
engraved upon it, will be added to the clasp on which
the names of the several battles, at which such officers
and soldiers were present, are enumerated.
By command of Field Marshal the Duke of
Wellington, Commander-in-Chief.
JOHN MACDONALD, Adjutant-Gelecal.

ADMIRALTY, FBI. 11.
With reference to her Majesty's gracious intentions,
as signified in the "Gazette" of the Ist and 7th of June,
1847, that a medal should be struck to record the services
of her fleets and armies during the wars commmencing in
1793, and ending in 1815 ; her Majesty has further been
graciously pleased to grant the Military Medal to the
surviving officers, non-commissioned officers, and sol-
diers of the army who served in the expedition to
Egypt; and her Majesty having signified her pleasure
to the Lords Commissioners of thy Admiralty that mea-
sures be taken for granting the Naval Medal, or a clasp
in lieu thereof, to the surviving officers and seamen of
the royal navy who served in that expelition ;
All officers, petty officers, seamen and marines, who
consider that they are entitled to recei►e this mark of
their Sovereign's gracious recollection of their services,
and of her desire to record the same, are to send, in
writing, the statement of their claim to the above-named
medal or clasp, addressed to the Secretary of the Ad-
miralty, Whitehall, London, specifying the names of
the persons, or the titles of the documents by which it
can be established.

Such officer, seaman, or marine, as shall have already
received the naval medal for other services, shall receive,
instead of a new additional medal, a olasp with the word
" Egypt" engraven thereon.

'By comlnand of the Lords Commissioners of the
Admiralty.

W. A. B. HAMILTON.
CROWN-OFFICE, EEL 11.
Days and places appointed for holding the Spring
Assizes, 1850.