The Sun.
London, England, 1844-10-08 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

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OxFonD.
Ocr. s.—Michaelmas term commences on
Thur,day next; the Latin sermon will be preached at St.
Mary's church on the preceding day. Tuesday next is
mentio ted as the day for the nomination of Vice-Chan-
cellor ; on this occasion the members of convocation
usually meet at twelve o'clock.
The meetings of the respective Colleges and Halls will
be as follows :

October 12.—Christ Church, Exeter, Balliol, Wad-
ham, Magdalene, Worcester Colleges, and St. Alban Hall.
o:!tober 17.—St. Edmund Hall.
October 18.—St. Mary Hall. •
October 19.—University, Queen's, Brasenosa, Merton,
Lincoln. New, Trinity, St. John's, Jesus, Pembroke,
Oriel, Corpus Christi Colleges, and Magdalen and New
Inn Hails.

October 26.—A1l Saints' College.
The f allowing members of this University have been
ordained by the Lord Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol :
Deacons—J. B. Riddle, of \Vadhaam College ; R. G.
Swayne, of Wadham College ; G. C. Tooth, of Worces-
ter College.
Priests—Rev. T. Beale, of Brasenose College ; Rev. J.
L. Longmire, of Lincoln College ; R,qr. J. Clements, of
Oriel College ; Rev. A. Seaton, of Queen's College ;
Rev. G. C. Swayne, of Corpus Christi College ; Rev. H.
M. Stowers, of St. Edmund Hall.

By the Lord Bishop of Llandaff :
Deacon—F. Woodward, of Brasenose College.
Priest—W. H. Twyning, of Jesus College.
The Rev. F. 0. Morris, of Worcester College, has
been presented by the Archbishop of York to the Vi-
carage of Nafferton, Yorkshire—value, 1391. per annum.
The Earl of Alum:Axle has presented the Rev. A. F.
Hare to the Vicarage of Arundel, Sussex—value, 1991.
per annum. _ _

The Queen has nominated the Rev. S. Pagan to the
new Di,triet Church of Leverbridge, Bolton-le-Moors.
The Lord Bishop of Ely has presented the Rev. IL.
Sewell to the Rectory of Burgate, Suffolk—value, 5601.
per annum.

The Vicar of Haversham has presented the Rev. J.
Wallis to the perpetual Curacy of Stainton, Westmore-
land—value, 891. per annum.
J. Weld, Esq., has presented the Rev. J. Cree to the
Vicarage of Chalden Herring, Dorset—value, 621. per
annum.

Earl Spencer has presented the Rev. T. R. Keppel to
the Rectory of North Creak, Norfolk—value, 1,0772
per annum.
CAMBRIDGE, OCT. s.—George Suffield, 8.A., has just
been elected a Fellow of Clare Hall, on the Borage
foundation.

The following are the days appointed for meetings
of the Philosophical Society during the approaching
Michaelmas term :—Monday, October 28 ; Wednesday
(anniversary), November 6 ; Monday, November 11 ;
Monday, November 25 ; Monday, December 9.
Congregations will be held on the following days of
the ensuing Michaelmas Term :—Thursday, October 10,
at ten; Wednesday, October 16, at eleven; Wednesday,
October 30, at eleven; Wednesday, November 13, at
t-leven; Wednesday, November 27, at eleven; Wednes-
day, December 11, at eleven; Monday, December 16
(end of term), at ten.
The late Duke of Grafton was a member of Trinity
College, in this University. It does not appear by the
calendar that he ever proceeded to the usual M.A. de-
gree, but he received that of. LL.D. in 1835. He was
married and returned to Parliament for the University
when Lord Euston, in the twenty-fourth year of his age.
His colleague in the representation of the learned body
was his college friend, the immortal William Pitt. On
the occasion of his first return, at the general election of
1784, Lord John Townshend and Mr. Mansfield, after-
wards Lord Mansfield, were defeated. Lord Euston sat
for twenty-seven years in the Lower House, as Member
for the Cambridge University, and in 1811 was called to
the House of Lords, by the death of his father, the third
Duke, who was Chancellor to the University.

Mr. Lewin Bowring, third son of Dr. Bowring,
has won th gold medal, and the high proficiency prize of
800 rupees, in the examination of the writers in the
college of Fort William, Calcutta.— Western Times.
- WESTMINSTER IMF ROVEMENTS.—RIGIIY \YAWN'S

LINE.—Some of the inhabitants of Westminster having
seen a plan for the proposed improvements, invited their
neighbours to meet them on Tuesday last to consider the
same. They had been unable to obtain a copy of the plan,
but from what they had seen of it. reported that it was very
nearly the same as that formerly projected and known
as " Rigby Wason's Line," only rendered still more ob-
jectionable than that very objectionable line was. The
following are some of the principal defective points which
it was agreed to lay before the Commissioners of Woods
and Forests and the public:-Ist. By "Rigby Wason's
altered line," Westminster Abbey, which ought to be
thrown open to public view, is left equally obscure as
now. 2d. Instead of a direct approach to Pimlico from
Westminster Abbey, it is a curved street from West-
minster Abbey to Vauxhall-bridge-road. 3d. It does not
improve the approaches to the Palace, but diverges fur-
ther and further from it every yard it proceeds. 4th. It
leaves the sewerage of Westminster unimproved, and
does not touch the bad lanes, courts, and alleys, branch-
ing out of York-street, in the neighbourhood of the
Palace, which are a continual source of malaria and con-
sequent fever. There were other strong points of objec-
tion to the proposed plan, but the foregoing were consi-
dered such radical defects that it was thought it would
only be needful to call the attention of all parties con-
cerned to them, to insure its rejection, and a subscrip-
tion' was entered into, and a committee formed, to take
the necessary steps to effect this.
IRON TRADE.—The monthly meeting of the Scot-
tishironmasters was held here on Wednesday, at which
there was a full attendance, and the utmost harmony
and good feeling prevailed. A code of regulations was
adopted, by which any
undue increasie in the make will
be prevented ; fair remunerating prices are expected to
be maintained, and the market protected against such
fluctuations as have recently
been experienced. The
present light stocks, and renewed demand, would have
warranted an advance, but it was considered more pru-
dent, at this season of the year, when exports usually
fall off, to continue the price of pig iron at 21. lsa. per
ton, for all qualities, until the effects of the recent panic
had completely subsided, and the o nsumers had an op-
portunity of supplying their immediate wants. While a
moderate price has thus been fixed for the home market,
it was agreed that, in the event. of stocks increasing, per-
mission should be given to allow a bonus to foreign mer-
chants, in order that a vent might be found at all
times for any surplus produce, and thus the supply re-
gulated to meet the demand. Upon the whole matters
bore a cheering aspect, and, under the sound and mature
regulations which have been so unanimously adopted,
them ayfuture
npsriodsepreerdi tyinofsotmheismimeapsourrteantbrane
of trade
secured.—Glasgow
Saturday Post.

SOUTH WALES TURNPIKE ROAD COMMISSION.
—The Commissioners, con,isting of the Right Hon.
F. Frankland Lewis (chairman) and G. F. Richards.
Esq., tlgether with A. E. Somerset, Esq., the Se-
cretary to the Commission, held their sittings at the
Council Chamber of Swansea Town-hall, on Saturday
and Monday last, for the purpose of ascertaining the
amount of debts owing by the Swansea and Wychtree
Turnpike Trusts, to comp ire them with the books of the
Trust, and to determine who were the parties actually
entitled to the money. It appeared that the amount of
debts owing by the Swansea Trust was 11,5001., and by
the Wychtree Trust, 3,0571. The Commissioners ex-
pressed their satisfaction at the manner in which the ac-
counts of both Trusts had been kept, and their approval
of the general management of the business.—Carebrian.
MR. HAMPTON'S BALLOON ASCENT AT DUBLIN.—
The Dublin papers of Saturday report, with considerable
length and enthusiasm, Mr. Hampton's balloon ascent
from the Portobello Gardens, which seems to have been
extremely fine and imposing. The weather
was un-
favourable trip, and at one time
fir. Hampton but with great skill he
descended
apleasantoverr i wastoalo4.er currentthe and
sea,cy s
of air, and was fortu-
nately blown over the land. The descent was made on
Callaghan,hesitably treated. Mr. Hamp-
ton Esq., Artane House, where
themr groundsHampton
f M.
was
most
ton will ascend again in a few days from the same
Gardens.
LEICESTER COMPLETE SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION.—
At the monthy meeting of this body, holden at the
Town hall on Tuesday evening, it was moved by Mr. H.
A. Collier, seconded by Mr. Booth, and carried unani-
mously :—" That this Association rejoices in the signal
failure which has this year attended the efforts of the
Tories to diminish the constituency of this borough ;
but they cannot but regret, at the same time, that the
possession of such an important right as that of the elec-
tive franchise should be made to depend in so great a'
measure upon mere technicalities, instead of resting upon
abroad and just principle."
FIRE AT WESTMINSTER.—Sunday evening, shortly
after seven o'clock, a fire, which at one time threatened
very serious consequences, broke out in the premises in
the occupancy of Mr. Leight, grocer and cheesemonger,
carrying on business at No. 14, Abingdon-street, West-
minster, next door to Messrs. Noble's pianoforte show-
rooms. The fire was first discovered by an aged female.
in the upper part of the building, in consequence of
hearing a loud crackling noise, evidently arising from
wood undergoing the process of combustion. She in-
stantly made for the shop, but on getting down the stairs
she was nearly suffocated with the smoke. By dint of
great exertion she succeeded in reaching the street,
when she gave the necessary alarm. The parish-engine
was quickly on the spot, and was got to work, and was
followed by six or eight brigade engines with strong
bodies of firemen, who succeeded, after much trouble, in,
confining the fire to the lower part of the premises. Tie
damage, notwithstanding, is very considerable, nearly the
whole of the stock in trade in the shop
being destroyed.
The origin of the fire, or whether or not Mr. Leight is
insured, could not be ascertained.