The Sun.
London, England, 1844-01-30 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

OXFORD, JAR. 27.—Mr. C. P. Trower, Fellow of Exe-
ter College, having resigned the Vinerian Scholarship,
a Convocation will be holden on Wednesday, the 31st
inst. to fill the vacancy; there are at present three can-
didates for this scholarship.
The Reader in Experimental Philosophy (the Rev. R.
Walker) will commence a course of lectures on Hydro-
statics and Pneumatics on Wednesday, the 31st inst., at
one o'clock, at the Clarendon, and continue them on
Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, until completed.
Mr. Walker has lust added to his splendid philosophical
apparatus an hydro-electrical machine.
'fhe Camden Professor of Ancient History (the Rev.
Dr. Cardwell) will begin a course of lectures on Athens,
in the time of Socrateg, on Tuesday next, at one o'clock.
The Savillian Professor of Geometry (the Rev. B.
Powell) will commence a course of Elementary and Il-
lustrative Lectures on Tuesday, the 30th inst., at one
o'clock, at his house in New College-lane.

The Regius Professor of Mode'in History (the Rev.
Dr. Cramer) will resume his lectures on Philippe de
Comines, on Thursday, Feb. 1, at two o'clock, and con-
tinue them on Tuesdays aad Thursdays during the term.
Her Majesty the Queen has presented the Rev. J. C.
Young, late of Worcester College, to the Rectory of
Southwick, Sussex—value 2071. per annum.
The Rev. J. W. Twist, late of Queen's College, has
been appointed clerk in orders of the parish church of
Leeds, Yorkshire.
The Rev. T. T. Carter, late of Christ Church, has been
presented to the rectory of Clewer, Berkshire—value
4601. per annum.

The next meeting of the Ashmelean. Society will be on
Monday evening, Feb. 5.
CAMBRIDGE, JAN. 27.—Smith's prizes were yesterday
awarded as follows :—First, George Wergman Hemming,
B. A. (Senior Wrangler), St. John's College. Second—
William Bonner Hopkins, B.A. (Second Wrangler),
Caius College.
THE MATHEMATICAL TEIPOS.—The following Wrang-
lers were formerly students of King's College, London—
Stephen, 4th Wrangler, St. John's College • Wilkinson,
12th Wrangler, Christ's College ; Woodhouse, 15th
Wrangler, Ceuus College ; Gutch, 19th Wrangler, Sid-
ney College ; Fenn, 33d Wrangler, Trinity College ;
Edwards, 34th Wrangler, Trinity College.
The Margaret Professor of Divinity's lectures on the
Early Fathers, commence on Friday, the 3d of February,
at one o'clock, at the Pitt Press. Wednesdays and Fri-
days during term.
The Regius Professor of Divinity will deliver a course
of lectures in the Sophs' saw' on Tuesdays and Thurs-
days, at twelve o'clock, commencing on Tuesday, the 13th
day of February.
CORPUS Cilium COLLEGE.—Irenry Albert Goodwin,
8.A., has just been elected a Fellow of this Society.

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DEATH OF MR. PERCEVAL'S WIDOW.—Lady Carr
died at Baling on Saturday. She was, previous to her union
with Sir Henry Carr, the widow of the late Right Hon.
Spencer Pereeval, who was shot in the year 1812, while filling
the offices of First Lord of the Treasury, and Chancellor of the
Exchequer, in the lobby of the House of Commons, by Bel-
lingham. For nearly the last two years her Ladyship has been
mach afflicted with illness, and for some time past has been
unable to leave her room. Lady Carr, who is stated to have
been in her 72d year, had a large family by Mr. Perceval, of
whom several are now living, but there was no issue by her
IleColld Marriage'