The Sun.
London, England, 1844-09-17 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

OXFORD. SEPT. 14.—The following members of this
University have been ordained Deacons by the Lord
Bishop of Bangor :--
James Hughes, commoner, and Hugh Norris Lloyd,
scholar, both of Jesus College.
The Principal and Fellows of Jesus College have pre-
sented the Rev. Richard Pritchard, of their Society, to
the Rectory of Newbold-upon-Stour, Worcestershire—
value 415/. per annum.
The Lord Bishop of the diocese has instituted the
Rev. J. S. Broderip, of Balliol College, to the Rectory
of Cossington.

The Rev. J. B. Dykes, of Queen's College, Las been
appointed Surrogate in the diocese of Carlisle.
The Lord Bishop of Peterborough has collates the
Rev. J. M. Echalez, of Trinity College, to an Hono-
rary Canonry in Peterborough Cathedral.
The Rev. A. Clements has been appointed to the
incumbency of Trinity Church, Rode, near Lawton,
Cheshire.

The Rev. J. Gattey has been appointed to aecuracy
of Chard, Somersetshire.

The Rev. J. C. Harris has been appointed to the curacy
of Ninehead, Somersetshire.

The Rev. 'George Thornton has been presented by the
Lord Chaccellor to the Vicarage of Siaarnbrook, Bed-
fordshire, value 144/. per annum.
The Rev. Griffith Williams has been appointed to the
curacy of Butcome, Somersetshire.

The Lord Bisho.p of Peterborough has licensed the
Rev. Edward Sleep, of Pembroke College, to the curacy
of Syresham, Northamptonshire.

FIRE IN THE CITY-ROAD.—On Sunday morning,
soon after one o'clock, a fire broke out in the premises of
Mr. J. Farrents, surgeon, at the corner of Regent's-
terrace, near the canal-bridge, City-road. It was nearly
half-past two o'clock before the fire was completely ex-
tinguished, and not before the whole of the stock in
trade, fixtures, and utensils in that portion of the build-
ing where the fire commenced were destroyed, and the
remainder of the premises and contents seriously injured
by fire and water. Mr. Farrents is insured in the Al-
liance Office. How the fire originated could not be as-
certained.

A SCENE IN A JURY•ROOM.—WhiIst the jury were
discussing their verdict in the late case of alleged riot at
the Essex-street pier, tried on Thursday last at the
Westminster sessions, a singular scene took place in the
room to which they retired. It will be remembered that
the case lasted the whole day, and the jury were unable
to agree as to the guilt or innocence of the parties in-
dicted. They consequently were shown into the bur-
gess court, to be there kept without fire, candle, or food,
until they did agree. It is said that one of them had
formed a very strong opinion on the subject, and hap-
pened to have a quantity of peas in his pocket, which,
report says, he observed would last him till the morning.
It soon became evident there was little chance of an agree-
ment, for several of them opened one of the windows at
which they sat, and repeatedly begged the passers-by toget
them some half-and-half, their fellow -jurors being engaged
in:anything but a conciliatory manner in different parts of
the room. These proceedings coming to the knowledge
of Inspector Morgan, of the V division, who was on duty
in the Court, he directly placed a constable before the
window, which is not above two feet from the iron rail-
ings, by which escape would be easy, and thus render'
the trial nugatory, in order to prevent such a proceeding,
which happened once before, and also to see that no con-
versation took place between strangers and the jury, or
that refreshment was supplied to them. This surveillance
continued about three hours, but it did not prevent the
window-men having their jokes at the passers-by. At
the worthy
nine o'clock, however, some concession was made, and
magistrates, who had had three hours for
their dinner, were called in to receive the verdict, which
amounted to nothing.—Sunday Times.
LADY CIGAR SMOKERS OF MEXICO.—Of all the
petty vices practised by the New Mexicans, the vicio
inocente of smoking among ladies is the most intolerable;'
and yet it is a habit of which the loveliest and the most
refined equally partake. The puro or cigarro is seen in
' the mouth of all ; it is handed round in the parlour, and'
introduced at the dinner table. Even in the ball-room
regularly
as any other species
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often be seen whirling round with a lighted cigarrito in
her mouth. The belles of the southern cities are very
%equently furnished with tenazitas de oro (little ;olden
tongs) to hold the cigar with, so as to prevent their deli-
cate fingers from being polluted either with the stain or
scent of tobacco, forgetting, at the same time, its dis-
agreeable effects upon the lips and breath,—Greggs
Northern Mexico.

ACADEMY OF SCIENCES.
SITTING OF SEPTEMBER 9.

M. Arago made some remarks on the comet disco-
vered at Rome on the 22d ult., and observed at the
Paris Observatory in the nights of the 2d, 3d, 4th,
7th, and Bth of the present month. The elements
of this comet have been calculated at Paris by
M. Goujon, who found that its distance at the
perihelium was 1.27433. This comet has a strong
resemblance to that perceived in 1585 by Tycho-
Brahe, and calculated by Halley. It is true
that the distance of that comet was found to
be 1.09358, but this difference is not fatal to the
identity. The comet of 1585 was equal to Jupiter in
size, but much less brilliant; it was neither tailed nor
bearded. The-comet discovered on the 22d ultimo
has a very brilliant nucleus. M. Selligues, who
lately reported to the Academy his discovery of a
new and important motive power as a substitute for
steam, and which consists in the admixture of atmo-
spheric air with hydrogen gas, by which an
explosion is produced, made another communica-
tion at this sitting, from which it appears that the
detonating power ceased under pressure. This strange
phenomenon has proved an obstacle to the experi-
ments of M. Selligues before the Committee
ap-
pointed by the Academy; but he is about to trace
the cause, and remove the obstacle. Notwith-
standing the difficulties which have interposed
themselves, M. Arago has convinced himself of
the importance of the discovery, and has reported
to the Academy that, with so small a quantity
as three to five litres of hydrogen gas, mixed
with atmospheric air, a weight of 1,000 kilo-
grammes was raised to the height of three
feet. The advantages of M. Selligue's invention,
if it can be brought into practical use, will
be very great; for the apparatus for the production
of hydrogen gas will occupy much less room, and cost
less money than steam-boilers, and the stowage re-
quired for fuel, which is now the great obstacle to
long voyages, will be dispensed with. The space now
assigned for the store of coals may be used for mer-
chandise, and, consequently, the transport of
both merchandise and passengers could be effected
at a cheaper rate. M. Arago requested the
Academy to add MM. Binet and Cauchy to
the Committee appointed to report upon the system
of railroads invented by the Marquis de Jouffroy.
The request was immediately complied with. The
Committee now consists of MM. Arago, Piobert,
Dupenoy, Binet, and Cauchy. M. Longet read
an account of a series of experiments, made by
himself and M. Mateucci, on the action of electricity
on the nervous system. Their experiments confirm
'all those made by Mr. Charles Bell on this subject.
A communication was received from M. Pappen-
helm, Professor of the University of Breslau, on the
diseases of the fibrous system. Having remarked
on the diseases of the system, although it was supposed
that many of the parts which constitute it were without
nerves, he commenced an investigation, and with the aid
of the microscope discovered a great number of nerves
in the cellular tissue. They envelope or are always
connected with arteries, but never with veins. A paper
was received from M. Guyon, head physician of the
army in Africa, on the race of men called Cagots,
who were described by him in a former paper as
perpetuating in the Pyrenees the ancient Goths, who at
different periods were driven to these mountains as
places of refuge. The anatomical distinction of the
Cagots, says M. Guyon, is the form of the ear, which
ris round, and without lobule. A great number of
these persons are cretins; but this infirmity is
owing to their residence in deep valleys, and to
the miserable life that they lead there. As a
race, the men are of a high stature, and
exceedingly well made. A letter was read from M.
Schultz, of Berlin, correcting a popular error as
to the action of planets upon the atmosphere. It has
hitherto been generally believed that planets decom-
pose the carbonic acid of the air that surrounds
them ; M. Schultz, however, declares, from the ex-
periments that he has made on the subject, that the
oxygen which they produce is not supplied by a
decomposition of the air, but by the different acids
which they contain, and which are derived from
the earth.

PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS.
ARMY PRIZE MONEY.
The Account of Unclaimed Prize Money (formerly
made by the Deputy Treasurer of the Royal
Hospital at Chelsea), from 18th January, 1809,
to 31st December, 1843, directed to be annually
laid before the Houses of Parliament, by 2 Wm.
IV., c. 53.
There is, perhaps, no department of the public ac-
counts more accurately kept, or scrupulously ad-
ministered, than that which is devoted to the receipts
and disbursements of military prize money. It might
have been more satisfactory if, in the following docu-
ment (which is a document that will not disparage
the title of the noble establishment at Chelsea to the
well-merited praise we have accorded to the whole de-
partment of military accounts), the designations of
the various. grants for prize, booty, &c., in respect of
forfeited and unclaimed shares upon which the items
of debit have accrued, had been recapitulated, and the
respective amounts set opposite to such designations.
As a precis of a mass of detached accounts, it is a
paper, however, which is much to be commended for
the business-like simplicity and perspicuity of its
statements.
Dr.
To cash arising from forfeited and
unclaimed shares of prize money,
grants, &c .£1,075,122 19 11
To ditto arising from the dividends, or
interest of moneys invested in the
Public Funds, or other Government
Securities

£1,293,270 10 3

Cr.
By cash refunded to claimants
By expense in executing Acts from
Jan. 11, 1809, to Dec. 31, 1843 ... 57,543 5 01
By sums paid for the' Royal Hospital,
in diminution of the annual vote 561,663 801
Balance (vide Memorandum below) 18,715 19 0

£1,293,270 10 3

AinmoneNntrx.—Although the balance upon the ac-
count appears to be as above stated, yet there is in the
Three per Cent. Consols 100,0001. stock, and in the
Bank of England, to the account of the Paymaster-
General, 15,6381. 17s. 9d., which arises from the invest-
ments having been made in the earliest periods, when the
funds were very low, and from the amount sold thereout
from time to time having been when the prices of stock
were considerably higher ; thus accounting for the
difference between the balance as stated, and the present
amount of the Army Prize Fund in the Three per Cent.
Consols, and in money at the Bank of England.
(Signed) RICHARD NEAVE, Sec.
Royal Hospital, Chelsea, Aug., 1844.