The Sun.
London, England, 1850-11-04 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE
CAMBRIDGE, Nov. 2.

ELF C 11314 OF PROVOST Or KING'S COLLEG E•
Toe election of a Provost of King's College, in the
room of the late Dr. Thackeray, took place in the
College Chapel this morning, by the Fellows. There
WV.S; choral Service at seven o'clock, . and the Sacra-
ment of the Lord's Supper was administered to the
Fellows. The statute relating to the election of
Provost and ordaining the order of procedure was
then read, and other necessary formalities, previous
to the election, gone through. Three candidates
were put in nomination, and the voting succeeded,
with the following result :—Dr. Okes, 28 Mr. Du-
puis, 9 ; .Mr. Barrett, 5. Dr. Okes, it has been be-
fore stated, at present holds the office of Lower Master
of E'on College ; Mr. Dupuis is Assistant-Master in
the same institution, and Mr. Barrett is a Fellow of
King's College. Dr. Okas was declared elected to
the vacant office, and the College seal having been set
to the appointment, the same was forwarded to the
Lord Bishop of Ely for ratification. The result wrs"
also communicated to Dr. Okra by messenger.
GON VILLE AND CAMS COLLEGE.—The following
elections have been made in this society :—The Rev,
Win. Reynolds Collett,M.A., to be a Senior

Fellow; John Hopwood Boardman, 8.A., to be a
Frankland Fellow; Henry Carlyon Phear, 8.A., to
be a Wortley Fellow.
SIDNEY SUSSEX COLLEGE.—WiIIiam Scott, 8.A.,
late Fellow of this College, has been elected to the
Mathematical Lectureship founded by Mr. Taylor.

OXFORD, Nov. 2.
THE ROYAL CommissioN.—A circular has been ad-
dressed to the Professors of this University, inviting
them to communicate any information that may assist
the members of the Royal Commission in the object
of their inquiry. Tne following is the nature of the
questions they are invited to answer :—Whether any
special qualification in the Professor be required'?
Whether he be bound by any special oath ? What
the nature of the endowment, and its annual value?
Whether residence is required under the conditions of
appointment ? What are the duties of the Professor,
and the number of his lectures in the year ? What is
the average number of pupils, and whether admission
be gratis or by payment of fees.
The list of candidates for public examination (which
commenced this day) previous to proceeding to the
degree of 8.A., contains no less than two hundred
and ten names; the number from each college and
hall being as follows :—University, 11 ; Balliol, 9 ;
Exeter, 19 ; Merton, 0 ; Oriel, 14 ; Queen's, 12 ; New
College, 1 ; Lincoln, 10; All Souls, 1 ; Magdalen, 0;
Brasenose, 18 ; Corpus, 2; Christ Church, 13; Tri •
nity, 13; St. John's, 7; Jesus, 2 ; Wadham, 10;
Pembroke, 8 ; Worcester, 15; St. Mary Hall, 11 ;
Now-inn Hall, 15; Magdalen Hall, 13 ; St. Edmund
Hall, 5 ; St. Alban Hall, 1.

The British and North American Royal mail
steam-ship Cambria, Captain Leitch, sailed from the Mersey
on Saturday morning, for Halifax and Boston, with the
usual mails, a fair freight, and between forty and fifty pas-
sengers.
PATENTS —The following order relating to patents
was made by the Attorney-General on Saturday :ass, The
Attorney-General, with the assent and concurrence of the
Solicitor-General, hereby gives notice, that every person ap .
plying for a patent after the 2d day of November inst., will be
required to deposit in the office of the Attorney or Solicitor-
General au outline description in writing or drawing, to be
approved of by the Attorney-General or the Solicitor-Gene-
ral, before any report will be made on such patent. (Signed)
John Romilly.—Nov. 2, 1850, Lincoln's Inn."
The United States mail steam-ship Arctic, Captain
Luce, which would leave New York on Saturday, the 26th
ult., may be expected to arrive in the Mersey on Wednesday
morning next.
THE VOLTAIC LIGHT.—An experiment was made
on Saturday evening, in the chymical lecture-room of the
Polytechnic Institution, in the presence of a select party ot
scientific persons, to test the power of the voltaic light, foi
which Mr. Allman has obtained patents, and to prove that
the light could be kept up continuously. The result, as far
as the experiment went, was satisfactory, the light con • 1
tinning without intermission to difibse the most brilliant
rays for several hours. This is considered a great advance
in
and flickering. in former er
experiments the spark has
been It was stated that the
expense
fthis class would be less than the expense
electric
intermittento
f lightslighting,
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of gas, even at the reduced rate, and that in the event of the
invention being brought into general use, its expense would
Isiagtly diminished. The brilliancy was of extreme in-
.
Gur Fitwiuss DAT AT Ricumorin.—Recent events
in the Romish Church have caused a hand-bill, headed "No
Popery," to be extensively circulated in and about the town
of Richmond, in which it is stated that " several Protestant
inhabitants of Richmond and its vicinity, being desirous
(more particularly at this time) of testifying their abhor-
rence of Popery by a public demonstration, propose to have
a display of fireworks on Richmond-green, on Tuesday even-
ing, November 5, at eight o'clock, in commemoration of the
discovery of the Gunpowder Treason and Plot I which should
never be forgot." The subscription to this demonstration is
not only general, hut embraces some of the first names in
Richmond. Similar demonstrations are likely to be very
general throughout the country.
INAUGURATION DINNER OF THE LORD MAYOR
ELECT.—On Saturday Alderman Musgrove, the Lord Mayor
elect, gave a splendid banquet at the Albion Tavern, upon
the occasion of her Majesty's approval of his election to the
office of chief magistrate of the city of London. Some idea
may be formed of the entertainment from the fact that the
hospitable master of the feast gave orders to Messrs. Staples
to spare no expense. The table presented a sumptuous omen
of the City doings of 1851. Amongst the company were
Aldermen Wilson, Gibbs, and Hooper, the Recorder, Alder-
men William Hunter, Sidney, Moon, Finnis, Lawrence, Al-
derman and Sheriff Carden and Sheriff Hodgkinson, Mr.
Ryland and Mr. Locke, common pleaders; Mr. Potter, tho
Citys
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Broad-street;
tad; s3diern. ,the
Anderton,ltev. Mr. Vivian,
a3v
Secondary; the Comptroller, the Remembrancer, Under-
Sheriffs Law and Ellis; Mr. Bailey, the chairman of the
chaplain to the Lord Mayor elect, and rector of the parish of
private friends of the Lord Mayor elect.
PUBLIC BATHS AND WASIIIIOUSES AT OXFORD,
—Mr. P. B. Duncan, M.A., late Fellow of New College, hao
to his former
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MADE Br HAND FROM
HomE-GROWN SILK. —The wife of a clergyman
interesting,eliten
jhoai intends tentis
county.to eTxhheibitiadaylagdiyv'ess stihll
sfeollw!"ngCh
art made from silk.
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the produce of silkworms kept in an open building in an ad-
account of its manufacture :—" Flavin
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possessed a remarkably fine mulberry tree, elgawri.ehedo to give
anatural history oftho
silkworm, and the method by which silk is produced. With
ng
of 1847, which were hatched about May, and I placed the
in
the garden. There they were attended and fed by myself
and some of the juvenile members of my family, and in duo
time they spun : and much wishing to turn the produce of
twhoisrnvlsie,w2,ol
their industry to soma use, I directed my attention towards
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making the scarf which I have the pleasure to lay before
ani no: thheoussperi
you. The silk was wound from the cocoons by my daughter
and myself on a winding machine, and afterwards 1 wove it
into. its present form. It has consequently never been in
the hands of any manufacturer, and presents the same colour
and quality as when taken from the cocoon. I may add,
that the outhouse in which the worms lived had no windows
to protect them from.the weather. which was unusually cold
for the season of the year; as I think this point may illus-
trate the fact that our English climate presents no insuper-
able obstacle to the cultivation of silk. The mulberry tree
was of the common kind.
Mr. Martin's appointment tog vacant judgeship
was announced to the bar by the Lord Chancellor on Satur..
day; but as there are certain reasons for his not taking lii4
seat on the bench by the side of his father-in-law, Sir F.
Pollock, it is probable that he may be transferred to another
court.
THE LATE FIRE IN GRAVEsEND•—On Saturday
Samuel Marder, who was remanded from wednesday last on
suspicion of arson, was again brought before the borough
magistrates of Gravesend. Additional evidence of a some-
what eriminatory character was adduced against the pri-
soner. Mr. North, superintendent of the Gravesend police,
stated that in the cellar in which the box with the candle-
stick in it was found he observed a quantity of wadding and
unbound books, partly burned, strewn about the floor. Re
examined the shop and alt the apartments of the house im-
mediately after the fire, and came to the conclusion that the
stock, furniture, and fixtures were altogether not worth 1001.
The chairman (Mr. Oakes) having announced that the bench
had made up their minds to commit the prisoner for trial,
Mr. Southgate. who appeared for hinn said lie would reserve
his defence. Mr. Southgate added that he 11eind his client's
memory so defective, and, in the language of one of the wit-
nooses, his mental faculties so much impaired, that he had
considerable difficulty iu comprehending his instruction&
The prisoner was then committed ton o
to take his
trial at the next assizes.
THE SHIP HanrnEr.--The Proprietors of thin
vessel wish us to state that her reported loss is now proved
to be unfounded, the Harpley having beers spoken with, and
all well, on the 27th of September, on her way to Australia,
while her loss was reported to have occurred on the 24th of
the month.
The protest of the Clergy of the Archdeaconry of
Middlesex, inviting the co-operation of the laity in resistance
to the recent Papal agaressions, has received in the course of
a day and a half upwards of 200 signatures. It is confi-
dently expected that the demonstration made in the diocese
of London will be followed up not only by similar meetings
and protests of the clergy, but by petitions and addresses
from the laity. We understand that several of the metropo-
litan parishes are already in motion.
EXTENSIVE ROBBERY OF MONEY SECURITIES AT
LEEDS.—On Thursday evening the Masons Arms Inn, Ste
James's-street, Leeds, was entered during the hours of busle
tress, and a large quantity of property stolen. The house
had a good deal of company in, and while the landlord and
his family were engaged in attending to their customets
some thieves got through a window at the back of the hous,),
broke open the door of the landlord's he,hoom, which had
been locked, and stole therefrom a cashbox, containing
principally in gold and silver ; securities to the value of
180/. ; a number of waterworks share certificates ; a cheque
upon Beckett's Bank for 501. ; a :quantity of silver plate,
consisting of tea and saltspoons ; and a quantity of old coins
and crooked sixpences.
A MONSTER FIDDLE.—Mr. William Green, ship-
ping agent at Folkestone, received on the I,t instant, from
Paris, an " octobasse," which we believe is intended for 111.
Jullien, of the Theatre Royal Drury-lane.
The wonders J 1
dimensions of this instrument may be inngined from is
height being upwards of 12 feet, independent of the start).
The tones will be produced by pedals acting on circuler
pieces on the finger-board.