The Sun.
London, England, 1844-05-16 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE

OXFORD, MAY 11.—A Fellowship is vacant in Magdalen
College, which is open to graduates of this University who
are natives of Lincolnshire. It will be filled up on the 25th
of July next, being the festival of St. James. Gentlemen
who desire to be candidates, are requested to call on the Pre-
sident between the 18th and 21st of July. They mast bring
with them a copy of their baptismal register, and a testimo-
nial of good conduct from the College to which they belong.
There will be exercises in the Divinity School, for the
degree of Bachelor in Divinity, on Monday and Tuesday
next, at three o'clock. Respondent, the Rev. T. Nicholl,
of Worcester College. Subjects-1. Our Lord Jesus Christ
came not to deßt.ea the idier, IssAt to f‘ilal it. 2. The nil-
reel,. of our Lord are a satisfactory evidence of his divine

mission.
On Tuesday, the 21st instant, a convocation will be holden
to elect a scholar on the foundation of C. Viner, Esq., to pro-
mote the study of common law. Stipend, 301. per annum,
tenable for ten years.
At the next meeting of the Ashmolean Society, Dr. Dau-
beny will read notes by Captain Widdington and himself on
the Natural History of Spain.
The Rev. T. L. Claughton, of Trinity College, has been ap-
pointed an Examiner in Theology, and the Rev. P. C.
Claughton, of University College, and the Rev. E. Cockey, of
Wadham College, Examiners in Arts in the University of
Durham.
The Lord Bishop of Exeter has presented the Rev. H. G.
Adams to the Vicarage of Cornwood, Devon—value, 4051.
per annum.
The Rev. H. W. Rawlings has presented the Rev. Dr. E.
Everard to the Perpetual Curacy of Bishop's Hall, Somerset-
shire—value' 1221. per annum.
The Rev. E. Goddard has presented the Rev. T. L. Fel-
Isms to the Perpetual Curacy of Lingwood, Norfolk—value,
551. per annum.
The Earl of Lichfield has presented the Rev. J. Gunton to
the Rectory of Marsham, Norfolk—value, 281/. per annum.
H. Holloway, Esq., has presented the Rev. 0. Sadler to
the Rectory of Brancaster, Norfolk—value 9791. per annum.
The Hon. J. Talbot has presented the Rev. C. W. A. Na-
pier:to the Vicarage of Evercreech, Somerset—value, 2261 per
annum.
Sir E. B. Smyth, Batt, has presented the Rev. W. W
Hobson to the United Perpetual Curacies of Hales and Heck:
ingham, Norfolk—value together, 63/. per annum.

ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY.—The anniversary meet
ing was held on Saturday, at the rooms in Grafton-street,
the Right lion. the Earl of Auckland, late Governor-General
of India, President, in the chair. The report of the council
gave a gratifying account of the Society's proceedings,
which had been conducted without trenching upon the
accumulated funds. Much stress was laid upon the desir-
ableness of obtaining public apartments free of expense, and
for the Society to enjoy the same advantages as other
public scientific societies. Amongst the losses which the So-
ciety had experienced by death was the Hon. J. R. Morri-
son, interpreter to the English Government in China ; the
Hon. G. Turnour, late in her Majesty's civil service in Cey-
lon; Dr. Rossellini, the celebrated Egyptian antiquarian of
Pisa, &c. The progress made by the Oriental Translation
Fund was stated as very satisfactory, several new works
having been added to the list, amongst which was the Da-
bistan, an account from an old Persian author of all religions
and creeds. This, which was considered a remarkable work,
is published in three vols. Bvo. A second donation of 1001.
towards the objects of the Society, was announced from J.
Alexander, Esq. The Earl of Auckland was re-elected
president, and the various viols-presidents and officers were
appointed.
BRUTAL ACT OF CRUELTY TO A LAME.--EXTRA.
ORDINARY DECISION OF A MAGISTRATE.—On Tuesday, two
men of decent appearance, named William Smith, of No.
76, Salisbury-street, Portman-market, St. Marylebone, and
Richard Jeffs, of No. 13, David-street, York-place, iaker-
street, Portman-square, were brought up in the custody of
the police before the Rev. Dr. Walmesley, the sitting ma-
gistrate at New Brentford, charged with having wilfully
and maliciously killed a lamb, the property of a farmer
named George, at Hanger-hill, Ealing. It appeared from
the evidence that, about half-past four o'clock that morning,
as Edmund George, a son of the farmer, was minding
the sheep, several of which had lambs, he saw the pri-
soners come into the field, and Smith go up to the lamb in
question, and strike it violently in a most brutal manner on
the head six or seven times, with the thick hedge stake
produced. The lamb staggered backwards into a ditch,
where it immediately fell down and died. The prisoners
instantly made the best of their way in the direction of Har-
row, and the boy ran and awoke his father, who mounted a
pony, and proceeded in pursuit of them. At Alperton he
procured the assistance of police constable O'Neil! 154 T,
who accompanied him along the Harrow-road until they
overtook them, and conveyed them back to the station-
house at Ealing.- The pi isoners said they had been drink-
ing until between three and four o'elock at a raffle, and
then made up their minds to walk to Preston, near Harrow,
to sober themselves, and Smith declared that, while passing
through the field in question, his dog flew at, the lamb, and
while knocking him off, he unfortunately struck the lamb
and killed it. The magistrate considered there was no proof
that the act was a malicious one, and, therefore ordered Smith
to pay the value of the lamb, twelve shillings, with seven
shillings costs, or fourteen days, and Jeffs was discharged.
THR SUSPECTED MURDER 15IAR WINDSOIL—The
mystery connected with the discovery a few mornings ago of
a woman's bonnet, cap, shawl, a front of false hair, and other
articles of attire, which were found in a field at Sarley-hall,
near Windsor, has been cleared up, by the property
being claimed of the Superintendent of the Windsor police
by a respectable woman, named Pratt, the wife of a farmer,
who lives at Maidenhead-thicket. Under the full convic-
tion that a murder had been committed, and, from the close
proximity of the field in which the articles were found to
the Thames, that the body had been thrown into the river,
the water was dragged for a considerable distance by the
order of the local authorities. The tale told by Mrs. Pratt
to Mr. Gillman, the Superintendent of the police, was to this
effect :—She was returning across the fields to her home at
Maidenhead, in the evening of Saturday se'nnight, when
she was knocked down by a man, who gave her a violent
blow in the face, blackening her eyes. She ran one way,
and her assailant ran off another, and she saw no more of
him. She then ran her head into a hedge, and thus she ac-
counnted for being deprived of her cap and false curls. She
fell down in a fright, fainted away, and did not recover her
senses until the middle of the night, when she rwoke and
fancied she was in her own orchard. She then made the best
of her way to her own house, which she found she was much
further from than she expected, reaching home early that
morning, when she missed her bonnet, cap, shawl, false eurls,
and waistband.
DUE PROPORTIONS.----" Jock," said a farmer's wife
to the herd callant—" Jock, come in to your parritch—the
flies are drowning themselves in the milk."—" Nae fears,"
replied Jock, moving very deliberately towards the scene of
action, " Nae fears ; they'll wade through't."—" Od, you
little rascal, do you say you dinna get eneuglt 0' milk fo--
.
On, ay, plenty for the parritch."