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

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

CAMBRIDGE, FEB. s.—At a congregation holden this
day the degree of Bachelor of Arts was conferred upon
the undermentioned gentlemen:—
11. 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 Regius Professor a Laws, who is un-
able to attend.

2. To extend the time fixed for the report of the Syn-
dic:A., appointed on the 31st of October last, " To con-
sider whether any and what regulations may be mad.
with advantage for c inducting the examinations of can-
didates for the degree of LL.B.; end whether any and
what other me aiures 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
pre: e:.t Lent term.

A grace proposing to refer to the Syndicate alrotly
ippointed, to consider the report of the inspector
under the Public Health Act, the consideration of the
Bill about to be introdu.:ecl in Parliaunnt with regard to
certain " contemplated improvements its the borough of
Cambridge, the rtgu7ation of the markets and fairs
thereof, and the regulation of the police;" and also to
empower the said 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borough police force, was withdrawn.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 Peofessor of Law will commence a course
of lectures on the Roman Law on Friday, the
15th inst.

These lectures may be attended Igy gentlemen.deshims
of obtaining the professional certificate, -which is re-
quired in certain cascs by the greet) of October 31,
1848. For professional "lecture tickets application
must be made to the Registrary or to the tutors of
colleges.

Gentlemen who join Vl') Law Class as candidates for
the law degree, need not provide themselves with the
above-mentioned ticket. The hour of attendance will Le
11 A.M.

FkOA.TING RAILWAY ACROSS
rt ME FORTH.

It is with great satisfaction that we have to notice
the comple:iou uf an undertaking which will nut only bo
of greet public advantage, but must add very materially
to the prosperity of the Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee
Railway Company. We allude to the large moveable slips
that have been erected by this company at Granton and
Burntisland, by means cf which, in connexion with the
large floating railway-steamer " Leviathan," goods,
minerals, and live stock, will be conveyed across the
ferry without removal from the trucks; and if
found necessary, passengers could also, with the
greatest ewe and safety, be taken across without
change of carriage. We understand that the whole
appatatus is the invention of Mr. Bouch, the engi-
neer and manager of the line, and reflects the highest
credit on his engineering skill. The first expermuntal
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 ; end on Wednesday twelve
trucks, consisting a coal and general mer-
chandise, were taken en board at Burntisland in 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 cf three minutes
afterwards, amidst the hearty cheers of a large concourse
of spectators, who had assembled to witness the interest-
ing proceedings.
To give an idea of the entire apparatus, we may state
that alongside the piers at Burntisland and Granton is en
incline or slip, constfucted of masonry, upon which are
laid two lines of rails, the seme gauge as the main line.
Upon the incline is placed a heavy moveable platform,
61 feet in length by 21 in breadth, framed of timber
and resting upon sixteen wheels. To the front of the
pleVorm 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 clear the surface
of the slip. These girders are raisel and lowered
on the arrival and departure of the vessel by means
of a winch on each side of a staging eightaen feet
high, erected across the platform, The whole plat-
form with the girders are raised and lowered to
suit the several heights of the tido 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 large vessel or floating railway (Leviathan) ply-
ing in connexion with the slips, is 175 fe% long by 5.1
feet ever all, propelled by two powerful engines
of peculiar construction, with ra Idle shafts uncon-
nected. Upon her deck are laid tin et lines of rai!-
way for the standage of trucks. This vessel, with
all her machinery, was built by Mr. Robert Napier of
Glasgow, and, notwithstanding her f);ni and construc-
tion is very different from sea-going vessels generally,
the whole is finished in the most complete manner, and
reflezts the highest credit on the abil:ttes cf that eminent
engine en—Edinburgh Advertiser.

PORT OF LIMERICK.—Since the opening of the new
year only thrke foreign vessels with bread stuff-, have
arrived. The number of registered ships bel,nging to the
port is 105, the tonnage of which is 11,068 tons, 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
Limerick, principally in the article of tobacco, caused 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. Of the
number of emigrants no correct idea can be fortned until
the Catholic clergymen publish returns of the decrease of
population. But of evictions, the number in the unions of
Kilrush and Ennis ccn fail very little short, if they are
not in excess, of 50,000 souls. 'the pauperizat'on of
these persons by eviction, and the increase of poor rates
thereby, have had a most alis lstruus off, ct on agricultural
industry—and caused corresponding injury to business
and the revenue heretofore accruing to the Treasury in
Limerick.—Limerick Examiner.

,„
.1 HE LATE LORD JErFREY. —A desire is beginning
to bc expressed for the erection of a monument to this
great man, and a e are happy to learn that arrangements
are in progress fJr holding a public meeting of the
cifZetlF, to take measures for recording, by some visiblo
token, the admiration and esromi with which Lord
Jeffrey was regarded. Already a subscription has
been opened among the members of the bar,
for a private memorial of his Lordship.
Our townsman Mr. Steele is to be commissioned to
execute a bust for the Advocates' Library. The accom-
plished artist is well acquainted with the features and
expression of the deceased Judge, who was a frcqutnt
visitor to his studio. Ho will have the advantage, be-
sides, cf the labours of other sculptors. The Faculty
t.f Advocates have appointed a large committee tr " co-
operat s with other public bodies or individuals as to
the best nwana of raising a public monument to the late
Lord Jeffrey ."—Edinburgli Aduertiser.

CURIOUS CODICIL.----During the argument of a
case yesterday, before the Supreme Court, the following
singular codicil to the will of eF: read French gbeyntelocumnasnehr_e-
candy deceased in New York, was
" Codicil—ln case of my death I &sire that my body
may be kept ui.buried for eight days, as I may be in a
trance, and thus I should be buried alive, which would
he a frightful and disagreeable thing_(affreuse ct dis-
agrdable)." This mortuary witticism somewhat relaxed
the gravity of their honours.—dinerican Paper, Jan,
to, 1850.