The Sun.
London, England, 1844-08-21 00:00:00

DIESCELZ.IIIITEOUB.

Captain Warner has announced to the Government
that if they will anchor a line-of-battle ship at the back
of the Godwin Sand, he will from on board of another
ship destroy her at a distance of five miles by means of
a projectile. He requires a guarantee of 300,0001. in
case he succeeds.

A fire took place at Richmond on Tuesday morning,
which destroyed property valued at 4,000/.
It appears by a parliamentary return that the total
amount of the land-tax in England and Wales in the
year ended 25th March, 1843, was 1,858,9241. 6s. lid.
The proportion redeemed amounts to 724,463/.195. 24d.,
the un-redeemed to 1,134,4601. 6s. 10id. The accounts
to the 25th March, 1844, arc not yet completed.
The present sittings of the Insolvent Debtors' Court
have been appointed to the 11th October, and orders for
hearing have been granted to the 3d of the same month.
The Court will sit for bail cases and other matters, on
Tuesday week, Sept. 3, and the hearing of cases will be
renewed on the 26th of Sept.
There is to be a performance at the City of London
Theatre on Saturday evening next, "in :id of the funds
for assisting the Jewish Poor." Mr. Braha,m has
generously offered his services on the occasion, and will
sing " Molly Bawn," the " Death of Nelson," and play
in The Waterman.

The Italian Opera closed last night for the season.
The new Police-court which has been lately erected
at Stones-end, Borough, in lieu of Union-hall, has just
been completed.
The operations for the fountains in Trafalgar-square
are in a great state of forwardness, and the top of the
engine-house in Hemming's-row, at the rear of the Na•
tional Gallery, has been surmounted by an iron tank
capable of bolding 30,000 gallons of water. To this

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building is attached a tower, at the top of which another
iron reservoir v ill be erected. De brings for water
have made great progress, having been carried down to
a depth of upwards of 200 feet, and a plentiful supply of
water is now obtained to about SO feet below the surface.

THE PRINCE OF PRUSSIA.
VISIT TO THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD.
The Prince of Prussia, with his Grace the Duke of
Wellington and suite, arrived at Strathfieldsaye from
Basingstoke shortly before seven o'clock on Monday
evening, and the same night the gallant Duke gave a
grand banquet to his Royal Highness and suite, at which
were also present the Earl and Countess of Westmore-
land and Lord and Lady C. Wellesley. Yesterday the
Prince rose early, and at seven o'clock was walking in
the grounds attached to the mansion, in company with
his noble host. At a quarter to eleven o'clock the
whole party, with the exception of Lord and Lady
Charles Wellesley, left Strathfieldsaye for the Reading
station on the Great Western Railway, en route for
Oxford.

At the Oxford station, which was reached at ten
minutes to one o'clock, the Duke of Wellington's state
carriage was in attendance to receive the Prince, who
entered it together with the gallant Duke; the Countess
of Westmoreland and Chevalier Bunsen proceeded direct
to the residence of the Vice-Chancellor, Dr. Philip
Wynter, in St. John's College.
The carriages entered the garden of St. John's Col.
lege at ten minutes after one o'clock, where, upon alight-
ing, the Prince was received by the Vice-Chancellor of
the University, Dr. Wynter, who, it will be recollected,
is also President of St. John's College. The Duke of
Wellington introduced Dr. Wynter to his Royal High-
ness, and the illustrious party then proceeded to the
principal saloon of the Vice-Chancellor's residence,
where coffee was served. The royal party subsequently
proceeded to the robing-room, where the gallant Duke
attired himself in his undress robes as Chancellor. The
Prince, who received his degree as a Doctor of Civil Law
upon the occasion of his visit to the University of Oxford
with his late father, in 1814, wore the scarlet robe and
black velvet cap of the order. The Earl of Westmoreland
was also similarly attired.
The lateness of the Prince's arrival in Oxford had the
effect of preventing the illustrious visitors from reaching
the schools until nearly two o'clock, at which time his
Royal Highneas came, accompanied by the Chancellor
and the Vice-Chancellor, and attended by the members
of their suite in two carriages. His Royal Highness, having
passed under the great gateway, paused at the entrance
to the quadrangle, when the Duke of Wellington, in his
character of Chancellor of the University, advanced
towards the Prince, and read the following address to his
Royal Highness, which had been unanimously passed at
a Convocation held on the previous day
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TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF PRUSSIA.
" May it please your Royal Highness,
" We, the Chancellor, Masters, and Scholars of the
University of Oxford, beg leave to express the satisfac-
tion with which we hail your Royal Highness's arrival
in this scat of religion and learning.
" The visit of your Royal Highness, in company with
your august father, immediately after the restoration of
the peace of Europe, is not forgotten ; and we bid your
Royal Highness welcome on the present occasion with
the greater pride and pleasure, because we have already
had the honour to inscribe your Royal Highness's name
on the rolls of the University.
" The mutual respect and good-will which have
happily long existed between Prussia and Great Britain
have been refreshed and strengthened by the recent visit
of the reigning Monarch to our beloved Sovereign.
" And we rejoice to regard your presence among us
this day as a further token of the continuance of such
feelings, no less than as a proof of the interest which
your Royal Highness takes in the promotion of literature
and science.

" Given at our House of Convocation, under our Com-
mon Seal, this 19th day of August, in the year of our
Lord, 1844."

His Royal Highness, who had listened most atten-
tively to the address, then read the following reply in
English with a very correct accentuation :
" My Lord Duke and Gentlemen,
" I thank you for the kind reception you have given
me, and the cordial welcome which has greeted me in
this venerable place.
" I have not forgotten the solemn day when, visiting
this country with my father, the late King, I had the ho-
nour of being associated with him in having my name
inscribed on your rolls.

"I am thankful that the peace of Europe—the happy
re-establishment of which brought me to this country in
my first youth—has been preserved during these thirty
years, and that the mutual regard and friendship be-
tween the two countries has been maintained without in-
terruption, and strengthened.
" I am sure the King, my brother, will learn with the
greatest satisfaction the continuance of feelings which
he so fully appreciates, and which he warmly returns.
" I congratulate you on the flourishing state of this
ancient seat of religion and learning, and pray for its
continued prosperity and glory.
" And in particular I unite my fervent hopes with
those of this University, that it may long continue to be
presided over by the hero who, after having acquired the
highest military honour and glory, has known how to in-
crease both in the time of peace."
The Royal party now proceeded through the Divinity
School to the Theatre, where portraits of the father of
his Royal Highness, George IV., and the Emperor
Alexander, are suspended. Thence they proceeded to
the Bodleian Library, where a superb quarto edition of
the Holy Scriptures was presented to the Prince by the
noble Chancellor. After inspecting the picture galleries,
the illustrious party proceeded to the Ratcliffe Library,
where thirty years previous, on the 14th of June, his
Royal Highness had, in company with his father, the
late King of Prussia, the Emperor Alexander, George
IV. (then Prince Regent), the late Duke of York, and
many other royal personages, partaken of a magnificent
banquet provided by the University.
Upon leaving the library the Royal party proceeded to
All Souls College, then to Dr. Buckland's museum of
geology. Magdalen College, Merton College, and
Christchurch, were subsequently visited. Upon leaving
Christchurch the Royal party returned to St. John's
College ; after having inspected which they sat down to
a splendid dejeuner, provided by the Vice-Chancellor, in
the Hall, to which all the principal members of the Uni-
versity were invited.

At live o'clock the Royal party returned, and entering
their carriages, drove off in the direction of Nuneham.
It was generally remarked that the Duke of Welling.
ton was looking much better than upon the occasion of
his last visit with Prince Albert, three years since. The
Royal party were to dine last night at the Archbishop of
York's, at Nuneham, proceeding this morning to Stowe,
thence to Rugby, and on to Derby to-night, where it is
expected the Prince will sleep.