The Sun.
London, England, 1844-12-07 00:00:00

COURT OF COMMON C'JUNCIL.

In the report of the division which, took place in the
Court of Common Council on Thu•►sday on the sub-
ject of the petition against the election of Mr. Childs
to the office of surgeon to the City police force, an
error was made in consequence of the bustle and con-
fusion which prevailed. It was stated that the majority.
were in favour of the petition. The following, how-
ever, which has been copied from the Corporation
books, was the exact result :

Petition of Thomas Abraham and others against
the election of Mr. Childs as surgeon to the police read.
Motion—" To refer it to the Police Committe."
Amendment—" To lie on the table." Court divided.
For the affirmative—one, the Lord Mayor, three Al-
dermen, forty-six Commoners, and two tellers—Total,
fifty-two.
For the negative—One Alderman, nineteen !corn•
moners, and two tellers—Total, twenty-two.
Majority in favour of Mr. Childs—'Thirty.
The petition ordered to lie on the table accordingly.
It is proper also to state that the words in th© Act
of Parliament require that a surgeon shall be elected,
and Mr. Childs, being a member of the Royal Col-
lege of Surgeons, and having a qualification precisely
similar to that of the surgeon of Newgate, the medical
officers of the army and navy, and East India Com-.
pany's service, was chosen by a considerable majority
from ten candidates to fill the office.

DEATH OF Da. KNIGHT% OF MABISCIIAL CoLLEGa
—lt is our painful task to announce the sudden and
deeply lamented death of this learned and respected
professor, which melancholy event took place yesterday
morning. Dr. Knight had been engaged in observing
the late eclipse, on Sunday week, when I e unhappily
caught a severe cold; but having partially recovered, he
ventured out to attend his class; and this, we rerret to
add, was followed by a return of his illness in a more.
aggravated form. Inflammation of the brain unhappily
supervened, and baffled all medical appliance to arrest 318
fatal termination, which took place about ten A.M. Dr.
Knight's sudden demise, while yet a little advanced be-
yond the prime of life, and while in the full poisessioa
of his great and varied talents, must prove a loss, unC
easily estimated, to the University of which for many
years he was so efficient and distinguished a member.—•
Aberdeen Journal, Wednesday.
Tax CHURCII.—The Hon. H. Arbuthnott has pre-
sented the Rev. Alexander Ramsay, M.A., of Clare
hall, Cambridge, to the Incumbency of Tintinhull. So-
mersetshire. The Rev. Henry Thomas Cooper Hine,
M.A., Reader of St. James's, Bury St. Edmund's, has.
been presented to the Rectory of Quarrington,
shire, on the nomination of the Marquis of Bristol. Ilea
Vicar of Greenwich has presented the Rev. Johan
Young Hughes, of St. Catherine Hall, Cambridge, to
the Perpetual Curacy 'of Trinity Church, Greenwich,
The Lord Bishop of Peterborough has instituted the
Rev. John Neale Dalton, M.A., of Gouville and Calms
College, Cambridge, to the Vicarage of Greetham, Rut-
landshire. The Lord Bishop of Worcester has insti-
tuted the Rev. E. W. Foley, M.A., of Wadham Col.
lege, Oxford, to the Vicarage of Great Malvern, vacant
by the death of the Rev. Dr. Card. The Rev. Henry
Philip Houghton, M.A., has been instituted by the Lord
Bishop of Peterborough to the Rectory of Markfield„
Leicestershire. The vicarage of Geddington, North...
amptonshire, has become vacant by the death of the Rev„,
John Hogg; it is the gift of the Duke of Buccleuch.
CATTLE SHOWS.—The first Sussex cattle show of
the season took place on Tuesday at Lewes. The s' Ack
shown was deficient in numbers, but several o z the
animals were much admired. At the dinner the I - awl
ix of
Chichester presided, and Sir Henry Sheffner
fleepied
the vice chair. Between fifty and sixty per, --s ;rere
present, including George Darby, Esq., m.p rTali
Fang., H. Blackman, Esq., Sze. Politics, NO orm Orly
occupied the attention of persons attendir e the 55i,
were scarcely adverted to on this -

SIR HENRY POTTINGER.—We I:4nderstand that tit
is the intention of the, corporatiJr, and merchants of
Belfast to invite Sir Henry PottisYger to a public din) aer.
A requisition to the Mayor, curing upon him to ad rer-
tise a public meeting of the i'ihabitants for this purl oso,
is in course o 'signature:, News Letter.