The Sun.
London, England, 1850-02-07 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGE sc.&

CAMBRIDGE, FEB. s.—At a congregation holden this
day tho dep.( e of Bachelor of Arts was conferred upon
the undermentioned gentlemen:
H. H. N. Bankes, Trinity Hall.
H. G. Harvey, Trinity Hall.
J. D. Lewis, Trinity College.
At the same Congregation the following graces passed
the Senate:—

1. To appoint Mr. Clark, of Trinity College, an ex-
aminer for the Bell's Scholarships in the present year, in
the place of the Regina Profess)r of Laws, who is un-
able to attend.

2. To extend the time fixed for the report of the Syn-
dicate, appointed on the 31st of October last, " To con-
sider whether any and what regulations may be made
with advantage for conducting the examinations of can-
didates for the degree of LL.B.; and whether any and
what other mraiures may be devised for bringing the
law faculty more closely into connexion with the present
University system ;" from the division to the end of the
present Lent term.

A grace proposing to refer to the Syndicate already
appointed, to consider the report of the inspector
under the Public Health Act, the consideration of the
Bill about to be introduced in Parliament with regard to
certain " contemplated improvements in the borough of
Cambridge, the regu'ation of
.the markets and fairs
thereof, and the regulation of the police;" and also to
empower the Paid Syndicate to confer with the autho-
rities of the town as to the contribution paid by the
University under the Cambridge improvement Acts, and
respecting the maintenance and management of the
borough police force, was withdrawn.

LAW.
The Regius Professor of Lsw will commence a course
of lectures on tho Roman LION on Friday, the
15th inst.

These lectures may be attended by gentlethen desirous
of obtaining the professional certificate, which is re-
quired in certain caws by the grace of October 31,
1848. For professional lecture tickets application
must be made to the Registrary or to the
_tutors of
colleges. .
_

Gentlemen who join the Law Class as candidatla for
the law degree, need not provide themselves with the
above-n.entioned ticlitt. The hour of attendance will to
11 A.M.

FLOATING RAILWAY ACROSS

TIIE FORTH.

It is with great satisfaction that we have to notice
the coniptelon t fan undertaking which will nit only be
of great public advantage, hut anu,t add very materially
to the prosperity of the Edinburgh, Pe: V), and Dundee
Railway Company. We allude to the large moveable slips
that have been erected by this company at Grauton aad
Buretisland, by means cf which, in connexion with the
large floating railway-steame? " Leviathan," goods,
minerals, and live stock, will be conveyed across the
ferry without removal from the trucks; and if
found necessary, passengers could a'so, with the
greatest ewe and gaiety, be taken across without
change of carriage. We understand that the whole
apparatus is the invention of Mr. Bouch, the engi-
neer and manager of the line, and reflects the highest
credit on his engine ,ring skill. The first expermental
trial took place on Wednesday last in presence of the di-
rectors, and was eminently successful. We may men-
tion that the spacious deck of the steamer is
capable of holding a train of from thirty to
forty loaded trucks ; and on Wednesday twelve
trucks., consisting c f coal and general mer-
chandise, were ttken on board at Burntisland is about
seven minutes. The time occupied by the steamer in
crossing was 25 minutes; and the trucks were safely
run ashore at Granton in the course of three minutes
ofierwards, amidst the hearty cheers of a large concourse
of spectators, who had assembled to witness the interest-
ing proceedings.
To give an itha of the entire apparatus, we may state
that alongside the piers at Burntisland and Granton is an
incline or slip, constructed of masonry, upon which are
laid two lines of rails, the same gauge as the main line.
Upon the incline is placed a heavy m ivtahle platform,
61 feet in length by 2l in bronchi], framed of timber
and resting upon sixteen wheels. To the front of the
platform are attached, by means of universal joints, four
malleable iron girders, 35 feet long, constructed of
boiler plate, spanning the requisite distance from the
platform to the vessel, and affording sufficient depth of
water for the keel of the vessel to cl-ar the surface
of the slip. These girders aro raisei and lowered
on the arrival and departure of the vessel by means
of a winch on each side of a staging eighteen feet
high, erected across t'ae platform, The %hole plat-
form with the girders aro raised and lowered to
suit the several heights of the tide by means of
a small stationary steam-engine, which is also employed
in moving the trucks off and on board the vessel. The
drums and gearing in connexion therewith are so ar-
ranged as to work the platform, or load and discharge
the vessel with the greatest facility.
The largo vessel or floating railway (Leviathan) ply-
ing in connexion with the slips, is 175 ft et long by 54
feet over all, propelled by two powerful engines
of peculiar construction, with paddle shafts uncon-
nected. Upon her deck are laid three lines of rail-
way for the atandage of trucks. This vessel, with
all her machinery, was built by Mr. Robert Napier of
Glasgow, gild, notwithstanding her firm and construc-
tion is very different from sea-going vestals generally,
the whole is finished in the most complete manner, and
reflects the highest credit en the abilities of that eminent
engineer.—EdinburghAdvertiser.

PORT OF LlMERlCK.—Sincethe opening of the new
year only three foreign vessels with bread stuff,, have
arrived. The number of registered ships btl. nging to the
port is 105, the tonnage of which is 11,068 tuns, and in
which between six and seven hundred men are employed.
There is a deer( ate of 14,0001 in the_year's revenue of
:elmerick, principally in the article of tobacco, cawed by
deaths, by emigration, and the destitution produced by
wholesale evictions. In the union of Limerick there were
about 6,000 deaths at-the period of the cholera. 01 the
number of emigrants no correct idea can be f ,rened until
the Catholic clergymen publish returns of the decrease of
population. But of evictions, the number in the unions of
Kilrush and Ennis can fall very little short, if they are
not in excess, of 50,000 souls. The pauperization of
these persons by eviction, and the increase of poor rates
thereby, have had a most disastrous effect on agricultural
industry—and caused corresponding injury to business
and the revenue heretofore accruing to the Treasury in
Limerick.-Llimerick Examiner.
THM LATE LORD JEFFREY.—A desire is beginning
to be expressed for the erection of a monument to this
great man, and we are happy to learn that arrangements t
are in progress fe. holding a public meeting of °f
visible
cit.zene, to take measures for recording!,
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the best mAans of raising a public monument to the late
Lord Jeffrey."—Edinburgli Advertiser.

Cultic:RN the argument of a
Case yesterday, before tioSupretro, Court, the following
singular codicil to tt:o will of a k rench gentleman re-
cently deceased in Nctr Yuck, wai read by counsel:—
Codicil—ln case of my death I &Eire thAt, my body
may be kept unburied for eight ybe in a
trance, and thus I should be buried ai,l-
-itieh would
Le a frightful and d:sagreatibir thbig-.o"ause et dis-
agreuble)." This mortuary witticistn somewhat reltxed
the gravity of their Uoaours.—Americart raper, Jan.
10, 1

t--a/ SUNDAY LABOUR.
----)TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
is really amusing to see the account in the
papers of the great number of petitions against the Sun-
day 1)( s -cdfice lab-our, presented by M.P.'s from diffe-
rent parts of the country. Is it not " passing strange"
that the hind-hearted fit titioners who send up these
prayers in behalf of the Post-office servants appear to
have entirely forgotten a much more numerous class of
Sunday workers, viz., those very useful servants of their
own, the mals'ers, brewers, distillers, publicans, and aeit
assistants ? Surely those people have as great a claim
on the sympathy of the community as the men employed
in the letter department. I believe their souls are of
equal value in the sight • of Ged, whatever ether men
may think to the contrary. I wish that a little mercy
as ere shown to the poor publicans by the Christian pub-
lic sending petitions to the House of Commons, pray iug
that they might be relieved from their hard labour on
.Sunday,. But could nit the people do this th.m-
sf-lves ? Yes.; by simply denying their craving
Pppetites a s!egle drop of intoxicating liver (n
the Sabbath day-. It' Christian people, and those
who attend church and chapel " very rygular," mere only
to cease- buyieg drink on the Sunday,, (Le pub-
lie:ns would have a f sir opportunity of attending a place
cf worship like their sober neighbours. '
I am sure Sir E. Bux'on Will have no objection to
present a petition in favour of the long neglected Sue-
day-wrought publicans —I am, Sir, yours,

I'.S. The totd. number cf. brewers in the United
Kingdom in 1849 was ... . 2,460
Victuallers ... ••• ••• ••• ••• 88.465
Betr-sellsrs (to be drnt,k on the premises) ... 34 606
Ditto (not to be drunk on tho premises)... 3,400

Grand total ... ... 128,931
Say five persons, on al average, are con-
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nected with each licence or tstablishmeLt. f

644,655
644,655 individuals employed on a Sunday and no
petition yet presenscd to the houses of Lords and Com-
mons, praying their Lordahipb' and the Honourable
House to relieve such a numerous class from Sunday
labour! Christians ! this is too bad. J. K.
Feb. 5, 1850.