The Sun.
London, England, 1850-01-19 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

OXFORD, JAN. 18.—Dean Ireland's Professor of
the Exegesis of Holy Scripture proposes to begin his
lectures far this term at the Clarendon, on Tuesday,
the sth of February, at one o'clock.
These lectures are open to members of the Univer-
sity, who have passed the examination fur the degree
of B.A. ; and those who desire to attend them are
requested to leave their names at the Professor's
house, Oriel College, on Saturday or Monday, the 2d
or 4th of February.
CAMBRIDGE, JAN. 18.—The Norrisian Professor
of Divinity gives notice that his lectures in Lent
Term, 1850, will commence on Tuesday, January
29, at one o'c:ock, and will be continued at the same
ur on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, through •
out the remainder of the term.
There will be accommodation in the lecture-room
only fir those graduates and senior and junior Sophs
who may have given notice to the Professor of tht,ir
desire to attend the lectures. Freshmen will have to
ch far their attendance until a future term.

VOLUNTARY THEOLOGICAL EXAMINATION IN NEXT

MICIIEALMAS TERM.

On Tuesday, the 15th October next, and the suc-
ceeding days, there will be an examination in the
following subjects :

The Greek Testament ;
The Epistles of Clemens Romanus ;
Ecclesiastical History ;
The Articles of Religion ; and
The Liturgy of the Church of England ;
which examination will be open to all students who
have at any time been admitted ad respondendum
quastioni ; or who can produce certificates from the
Regius Professor of Civil Law, or his deputy, of
having performed the exercises required for the
degree of bachelor of that faculty.
The names of those students who shall pass this ex-
amination to the satisfaction of the examiners will he
published in alphabetical order, and registered in the
usual manner.

Immediately after this examination there will be an
examination in the book of Ruth, and the first 17
chapters of the first book of Samuel, for such students
as, having undergone the former examination, shall
offer themselves for this; and the names of the per-
sons who having passed the former shall pass this
examination to the satisfaction of the examiner, will
be published also and registered in the manner
already described.
Persons desirous of presenting themselves at these
examinations must signify their intention of so doing
on or before the 10th of October next, by a letter
addressed to each of the examiners, who are the
Regius Professor of Divinity, the Margaret Professor
of Divinity, the Regius Professor of Hebrew.

APPROACHING MARRIAGES IN HIGH LIFE.

We are enabled to announce that the preliminaries
are arranged for the marriage of Lady Harriet Cock.,
second daughter of the Earl and Countess Somers,
and Mr. Wake Prosser, M.P. We are informed that
the nuptial ceremony will take place about Easter.
We have to announce the approaching marriage of
Mr. Johnstone, eldest son of Sir John B. Johnstone,
Bart., M.P., and grandson of the late Archbishop of
York, with Miss Mills, eldest daughter of Mr.
Charles Mills, of Camelford-house, the wealthy
banker.

The marriage of Lieutenant the Hon. Philip Sidney,
of the Royal Horse Guards, eldest son of Lord De
Lisle, and grandson of the late King William IV.,
and Miss FonHs, only daughter and heiress of the
late Sir William Foulis, Bart., and Lady Foulis, will
be solemnised towards the close of the ensuing month.
The Hop. and Gallant Gentleman intends to sell out
of the Blues prior to his marriage.
We understand the intended marriage of Lady
Olivia Montagu, only daughter of the Duke of Man-
chester, with Lord Ossultcn, M.P., eldest son of the
Earl Countess of Tankerville, will not be solemnised
before March. It is not yet positively settled whether
the ceremony is to take place in town or at Kimbol-
ton Castle, the ducal seat in Huntingdonshire.
According to present arrangements, the marriage
of Miss Begot, daughter of the Bishop of Bath and
Wells and Lady Harriet Begot, and the Hon. G. T.
Orlando Bridgeman, son of the Earl of Bradford, will
the place in the course of next month.

THE HOTTINGUER.
LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY EVENING.
All hope of the safety of this ship is at an end. The
following letter was received here to-day
•
" Dublin, 17th of January, 1850.
" Gentlemen,—Your esteemed favour of yesterday's
date came to hand. I regret to say I cannot give you
any hope as to the safety of Captain Burnley, as by a
letter received from Arklow this morning, I find that
but one man was saved, a sailor; all the others, it is pre-
sumed, were lost. The poor fellow saved is in a most
deplorable state, and had lost his reason ; but when
Mr. Walsh saw him he was coming round, and he
hoped would finally recover. If he does he will be
able to give more detailed information of the circum-
stances of this very sad affair.
" I am happy to say Captain Bursley's son is safe,
and your directions respecting him shall be attended
to ;he has not, however, come to town as yet. Mr.
Walsh will likely see him at Arklow. When the
vessel first struck Captain B. sent his son and some
passengers ashore; this was more to the southward
than where he was finally lost.
" Poor Captain B. would not desert his vessel, and
when she came off he followed the steamer to the
north, hoping to get past the banks, when he could
have run her ashore on the main land ; but as far as I
can learn the vessel became unmanageable, and was
driven on the banks. This I have learned from the
men that were sent with the life-boat to the Rose
steamer. Any further information that may reach
me I will at once communicate to you.—l am, &c.,
" JOIIN WALSH,
" Per Pro HENRY WALsii.
" Messrs. Fielden Brothers, Liverpool."

EXHIBITION OF 1851.—We understand that the
Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert have
commenced the subscription fur carrying out the ex-
hibition of the works of industry of all nations—her
Majesty by giving 1,0001., and the Prince 5001.
POISONING A RAILWAY PASSENGER.—We have had
detailed the following particulars of a case of poisoning
and robbery of a railway passenger, which took place a
few weeks ago:—lt appears that on the day before
Christmas day a young man named George Lambert,
who resides near Sheffield, Has on his way to pay a visit
to a relative who resides iu this town. When at the
Masborough-station he was accosted by some men, who
gave him a lozenge, and said, that a 3 he was coming to
Doncaster they would all travel together. They ac-
cordingly got him into a carriage along with them, teed
at the same time gave him another lozenge to suck.
He, however, put it into hie pocket, and did not make
soy further use of it. He then gradually became
unconscious', and remembered :lie thing but that ho at
one time hr and a cry cf Liverpool." At length he
was seized at a station some distance beyond that town,
and was dragged out by the porters under a supposition
thet he was intoxicated. Here he was charged 53. for
extro fare; but, to his surprise, he fonnd that he had
b en robbed of every farthing of his money, amounting
to nearly 51. He was about to be looked up, but a gen-
tleman who saw the proceedings led corarassion on him,
paid his fare, and took him to his own house, where the
young man was put to bed and confined to his chamber
tor about a week, suffering from the effects of the drug
which had been administered to him, and his friends in
the meantime quite unconscious of what had become of
him. The medical gentleman who attended him stited
that if to had sucked the second lozenge, his life woule
have been in great danger. As it was, he had some
difficulty in preserving his eyesight. When sufficiently
recovered, the kind gentleman who had befriended him
supplied him with money to pay his journey home, and
thus he was restored to his friends. It is only tight to
observe that the young man is a person r f steady and
sober habits, and that there is no ground whatever for
supposing that he was in a state of intoxication, excel t
from the effects of the thugs administered to him,—
.Doncaster Gazette.
RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—On Thursday evening an.
accident occurred on the Ea it Lancashire Railway under
the following circumstances :—A ceal train startel from
the siding near Openshaw Fold, between Radcliffe and
Bury, shortly after the tram had passed which leaves
Manchester for Bury at ten minutes before six o'clock.
There was no guard accompanying the coal train, and
when it arrived at Bury the person who had the
management cf the train discovered that be had lost f stir
waggons on the way. In the mealtime a passenger
train left Bury for Manchester, and when it arrived at
the place where the c( al train had crossed the line it
came in contact with the four waggons, and broke them
to shivers. There was only three persons injured, and
we aro happy to say that the injuries are not likely to
prove very serious. The train that hft Manchester for
Preston at seven o'clock was delayed about 25 minutes
in consevetice cf the waggons and coals having to be
removed out of the way. The passenger train which
came in collision with the coal train returned to Bury
with the passengers, and it was about eight o'clock be-
fore they could proceed again on their journey.
THE BRIGHTON PAVILION. Our readers are
aware cf the opposition manifested on au part of a
portion of the inhabitants ( f Brighton to the proposed
purchase of the Pavilion; and we utvientand that pea
Lions and counter-petitions on the subject are in course
of signatute, much excitement prevailing. The pur-
chase party, in order to show the inhabitants the nature
of the property for which they are called upon to tax
themselves, obtained from Mr. Mylne, f the Woods
and Forests, permission to throw the Palace open for
inspection for one week, and the result has been that
thausands have availed themselves of this opportunity of
inspecting the Palace of George IV. Enough still re-
mains to show the taste of the proj ctor of this unique
structure—unique both as regards its external fettures.
and its internal arrangements; but the removal el
stoves. re ai mantelpieces, pieteres, mirrors, tapestry,
and fittings of all kinds, which have been sent to Os-
borne, has been most complete. Notwithstanding this
drawback, however, the inspection has been sufficient to
show the opposers of the purchase the folly of their
course, and little doubt remains that the Palace and the
beautiful grounds will be preserved for the use and en-
j oyrr, era of the town and its
visitors. In fact, the with-
drawal of the opposition entirely is spoken of as a pri:;-
bablo event.