The Sun.
London, England, 1844-07-22 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

OXFORD, JULY 20.—At the annual election, Winchester
College, the following gentlemen were placed on the roll, to
fill the vacancies that may occur during the year at New
College, in this University :—Messrs. Wingfield, Fox' Baker,
Dewar, Mount, Ridding, Bateman, Shipley, Frith, Loveday,
and Bathurst.
N. Kendall, Esq., haS presented the Rev. Nicholas Kendall,
of Trinity College, to the vicarage of Talland, Cornwall,
value 110/.'per annum.
The Rev. H. Fyffe, of New Inn Hall, has been presented
with the perpetual curacy of St. John's, London-road,
Southwark.
The Rev. J. Browell, of Exeter College, has been presented
to the curacy of Fulham, Middlesex.
The Marquis of Cholmondele' has presented the Rev. T. B.
Lancaster to the vicarage of New Houghton, Norfolk, value
681. per annum.
The Lord Bishop of Lichfield has presented the Rev. J.
Nunn to the perpetual curacy of Moreton-say, Shropshire,
value 1201. per annum.
The Lord Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol has instituted
the Rev. 11. IL.Mogg to the vicarage of High Littleton,
Somerset, value 97/. per annum.
The Grocers' Company have presented the Rev. R. J. Har-
rison to the perpetual curacy of Forden, Montgomeryshire,
value 1191. per annum.
The Vicar of Bolton has presented the Rev. P. A. Galindo
to the perpetual curacy- of Bradshaw, Lancashire, value 150/.
per annum.
The Lord Bishop of Bangor has presented the Rev. J. W.
Jones to
.the rectory of Heneglys, Anglesey, value 363/. per
annum. _

The Rev. W. Metcalfe has been presented to the incum-
bency of St. John, Yeedon, Yorkshire.
Lord Hennik‘r has presented the Rev. E. J. Moor to the
rectory of Great Bealings, Suffolk, value 2301. per annum.
The Lord Chancellor has presented the Rev. R. Williams
to the perpetual curacy of Stoken Church, in this county.
The Earl of Westmoreland has presented the Rev. J. Oliver
to the vicarage of Warmington, Northamptonshire, value
107/. per annum.

The Great Western Railway Company have sold
their premises in Princes-street, City, to the Union Bank of
London, for 28,0001., including the landlord's fixtures.—
Railway Record.
It appears from a local paper, that Mr. Locke and
Mr. Chaplin " are at this moment engaged in examining into
the facilities and requirements of the line of country, with a
view to the extension of the Basingstoke and Salisbury
branch to Shaftesbury, Sherborne, Yeovil, &c., embracing
the county of Dorset to Dorchester and the coast. We are
(adds our contemporary), moreover, authorised to state that
a line will be immediately carried out from Bishopstoke to
Chichester, via Portsmouth, by which means a'sontinuous
communication will be established with Brighton and the
south-eastern parts of England."
SINGULAR DETECTION OF A DESERTER.—On Friday
morning, a.deserter from the Ist Dragoon Guards, quartered in
Canterbury, was brought before the magistrates at Rochester,
by Sergeant Johnson, of the 94th Foot, stationed on the look-
out service, between Chatham. and Gravesend, by whom he
was apprehended in the following singular manner :—The
sergeant met the prisoner at Shorne, about four miles from
Chatham this morning, dressed in plain clothes, but suspected
from his walk that lie was a soldier. Johnson stopped him,
but he denied he was a soldier, and submitted to be searched.
Nothing was found upon him to strengthen the impression,
when the sergeant caught sight of his boots, and in examin-
ing them closely, found that they had recently had new heels
on, but a hole where a spur had been worn was partially
open. Johnson then took the prisoner into custody, who
confessed that he was a deserter from the Ist Dragoon Guards.
He was in trouble for some offence, and broke out of the
barracks at two o'clock on the morning of Wednesday •, he
had cut off the heels of his military boots, but not quite high
enough, and having got fresh ones put on at Ashford, was
making the best of his way to London. The prisoner was
committed to Maidstone gaol until claimed by hie regiment.
THE GOLD DUST DISCOVERY.--A good deal of
jocular gossip is being bandied about here on account of a
considerable quantity of glittering sand, which the officers
and seamen of several of the guano] ships have
brought home in bags in high hopes that it is gold dust. It
was discovered by a party of sailors on the African coast
opposite Ichaboe, a few miles inland, and of course Jack saw
that his fortune was made at once, if he had but as much
spare canvass as would make sufficient bags ior the treasure ,
and the belief that that part of Africa was once called the
" gold coast" instantly confirmed the fact. The " golden op-
portunity" was immediately seized upon, and every "palm"
and "sail-needle" set to work at bag-making. The ore has
actually arrived, and is reported officially ; and in the im-
port list of last week we see noted the " Clansman of Glas-
gow, Peck, from Ichaboe, with 530 tons guano to A. and J.
Downie, and 21 bags supposed gold ore to the master."
Since its appearance here all our amateur chemists and
alchymists have been experimenting on it with crucibles and
blowpipes, but unfortunately none of them having " a phi-
losopher's stone," all the experiments ended in smoke.
However, we learn, that properly qualified chemists from
Edinburgh, who possess the secret, and who have some re-
collection of the method used by George lieriot in assaying
the sands he procured from the Leith shipmaster, are to be in
Glasgow directly with their entire apparatus, and we wait
the result with considerable anxiety ; meanwhile we may re-
mind them of the sound orthodox of the Scottish proverb—
"lt's no a'goud that glitters."—Glasgow Chronicle.
TERRIFIC THUNDER-STORM.—OH Saturday after-
noon an awful storm of thunder, lightning, and rain, burst
over the towns of Rochester and Chatham. About two
o'clock P.M., the wind, which had been south-west, shifted
to north-east, when the gathering of heavy clouds indicated
the approach oft a thunder-storm. At three o'clock the
wind blew a perfect hurricane, and the small craft in the
River Medway were forced to have their sails down, to
prevent their being blown over. Shortly after three,
o'clock the storm was at its highest, the rain appearing to
be literally pouring down in so many streams, rather than
falling in rapidly successive drops, together with repeated
flashes of lightning, accompanied with peals of thunder.
When the storm burst forth, upwards of four hundred
recruits were on Chatham Lines at drill, and before they
could get to places for shelter they were completely
drenched. The lightning ran about the ranks of the troops
with awful vividness, and produced an effect of stupor on
several of the men. The storm lasted upwards of an hour,
and was accompanied by a severe hail-storm. The torrents
of water that ran into the lligh-street of Chatham,' which
lies low, made parts of the road impassable. The parade
ground at Chatham barracks has suffered considerable injury
from the quantity of water that poured down from the ter-
race. The dockyard school for the apprentices suffered con- -
siderably by the storm, the water having broken the roof of
the building. Such a violent storm has not visited these
towns since that awful one in August last year, when the
damage amounted to several thousand pounds. The storm
took the southernly direction, and when it cleared up the
atmosphere was intensely cold. The wheat fields have sus-
tained sonic injury, the crops having been beaten down, and
as the corn is nearly ripe, it will be impossible for the ears to
rise again.
THE FESTIVITIES AT KENWOOD.—The grand
fete champetre to be given to-morrow by the Earl of Mans-
field at his beautiful seat, Kenwood, near Hampstead, pro-
mises to be one of the most attractive reunions which have
occurred throughout the season. The preparations are upon
a scale of great magnificence. Upwards of eight hundred invi-
tations have been issued, and all the members of the Royal
Family at present in town have signified their intention of
honouring the Noble Earl with • their presence. A magnifi-
cent tent has been erected upon the lawn, capable of accom-
modating upwards of five hundred persons, and it has been
arranged that that number shall sit down to dinner at one time
beneath it. The Royal party will dine within the mansion,
covers being laid at the principal table for thirty-six persons.
There will be a grand ball in the evening, when the marquee
above alluded to will be converted into a salon de dunce far the
accommodation of the company.
The Commissioners of Metropolitan Improve-
ments are endeavouring, it is said, to effect arrangements with
the proprietors of the river frontage between Vauxhall and
Battersea bridges, for the construction of an embankment and
roadway which shall connect the two, and afford the public
an uninterrupted road by the river side of about two miles in
extent.
LADY JOHN RUSSELL.—The illness of her Lady-
ship has caused much anxiety to the Noble Lord her hus-
band as well as to the Earl and Countess of Minto and family.
The Countess of Minto came to town from Lord John Rus-
sell's residence, near Godahning, in Surrey, on Tuesday last,
when Lady John Russell was considered by her medical at-
tendants somewhat better; and by the accounts received in
town on Saturday we are gratified to learn that her Ladyship
was improving in health.. The Countess of Minto has left
town to visit her daughter.
GOODWOOD RACES.—INTELLIGENCE EXTRAORDI.,
NARY.—Bell's Life in Landon of Sunday next, July 28, will
contain the programme of the unprecedented sport at Good-
wood, Anticipations (by Pegasus), Qui Tam Actions, the
Evidence and Confession of Russell in the House of Lords,
the Delicatei Investigation, Ratan, Sam Rogers and Co., Evi-
dence before the Commons' Committee on Gaining, all the
races of the week, cricket matches, aquatic sports, and ex-
citing incidents in every class of British games. On Sunday,
the 4th of August, there will be another gratuitous Supple-
ment to Bell's Life, with copious and exclusive particulars of
the, sports at Goodwood, with three engravings. Price of
Bell's Life, 6d. ; office, 170, Strand, where orders for single or
continuous supplies are received ; early orders are recom-
mended. Belts Life of Sunday, July 7, which, with the
Supplement, gratis, gave a verbatim report of the Derby
trial, to the extent of eighteen folio columns, can yet be had.
EXETER.—We are informed that, in consequence
of the completion of the railway to this city, the business of
the fashionable hotels in Exeter has not been so brisk at this
season of the year for a very long period. The number of
wealthy and distinguished strangers who are induced, by the
facilities of the present mode of travelling from the metro-
polis, to visit our pleasant and salubrious city, being unpre-
cedented.—Exeter Gazette.
lIoNG-KONG.—A police force is about to be estate
blished by Government at Hong-Kong. Mr. May, the sea
of the active Chief Superintendent of Metropolitan Police,
and who is himself the Inspector of the K division, is ap-
pointed to the command of the whole force, with a salary of
5001. per annum. He will be assisted:by two sergeants, at
present also in the K division, who will have 2501. per annum
each. 'We believe it is not intended to take out any con-
stables, as the force will easily be organised at Hong-Kong.
It is intended to raise the force from the military and ma-
rines at present in China. They will be well paid, and
in case of misconduct will be sent to the ranks of whatever
regiments may be in Hong-Kong. It is arranged that Mr.
May and the two serjeant will sail for Hong-Hong almost
immediately on his return from France, where he has been
sent on police business.
TIIE WEATHER AND THE CROPS.—The fine genial
alternations of rain and sunshine by which the present week
has been distinguished, have tended materially to improve
the prospects of the approaching harvest. Much of the hay
has been already secured, but in passing along the country
few hay stacks are to be seen; the barns have been found
generally sufficient to receive the scanty produce, but the
year's growth of grass is not exhausted, and the second cut
of clover, as well as the after-grass of the meadows, will, in
some degree, supply the deficiency. The turnip seed that
had remained dormant in the ground, now begin to show
itself in vigorous plants, though the crop will be small, from
many fields turning out total or partial failures. There will
also be a deficiency of straw from the spring-sown corn, and
the fodder for cattle in the approaching winter will be scarce
and dear. The wheat crops continue to look very flourish-
ing ; they are already "white to the harvest," and they will,
according to present prospects, soon fill the granaries. In
the bean and potatoe crops we see little difference since last
week.—Leeds 21Icacury.
INCENDIARISM.—[FROM A CORRESPONDENT.]-1
saw some remarks in The Sun of Saturday on the subject of
incendiarism amongst the farmers' property. There is
one practice carried on upon every farm which cannot be too
much deprecated, and so long as it is persisted in, fires, as
the only means of revenge within the labourers' power, will be
carried on. The farmers have long been in the habit of paying
able-bodied single men from twent3pto fifty per cent. less than
they pay married men with families for the same labour.
This is not done by stealth ; the farmers defend the practice
in public, while the hungry, strong fellows of eighteen to
twenty or three-and-twenty, have both sense and feeling to
see the injustice, and both they and their companiong are
filled with burning iudiguation.