The Sun.
London, England, 1829-01-03 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

CAMURIDGE, JAN. 2.--The Rev. W. Hanson, B.A.
Fellow and Tutor of Trinity-hall, was on Saturday last
appointed to a Senior Fellowship and Tutorship of Caius
college.

On the same day, J. Smith, B.A. was elected a Junior
Fellow ; and F. 0. Martin, W. Stokes, and J. H. Jer-
rard, 8.A., Perse Fellows of that society.
The Rev. Hugh Rose, B.D. of Trinity college, was on
Friday elected Christian Advocate, by the trustees of tht
late Mr. Hulse's bequest. •
The Hulsean prize for last year has been adjudged to'
Mr. A. Watson, of Catharine hall, fur his dissertation
upon the following subject : How fur have the Laws of
the Jews been abrogated by the Christian Dispen-
sation ?

The following. is the subject for the present year:—
What was the -ertent of the knowledge which the Jews
had of a future State, at the time of our Saviour's
appearance

• The Master and Fellows of Trinity hall have presented
the Rev. Horatio Banks, LL. B. vicar of Dullinghain, to
the living of Cowlinge, Suffolk, vacant by the death of the
Rev. J. Isaacson. •

At an ordination held by the Bishop of Bath and Wells
on the 21st ult. the following gentlemen of this university
were ordained :

DEACON-Henry Bond, Chri.t college.
PRIESTS—G. Goo:len, B.A. Jesus coll. ; W. Whiter,
B.A. St. Peter's college.-
On the same day the Bishop of Bangor ordained the fol-
lowing gentlemen :

Pants-a—Edw. Owen, 8.A., Downing; .1. Roberto,
B.A. Trinity college.
DEacox—J. Rowland, B.A. Magdalen. - -
The following gentlemen were also ordained by the
Bishop of Chester:—

PaiEsTs—F. Smith, Al. A. St. John's; F. Ford, R. A.
Trinity; J. Baker, B.A. Sidney Sussex; J. Horrox, B.A.
and Wm. Mason, B.A. Trinity; R. Rempthorne, B.A.
St. John's ; E. Smith, B.A. Pembroke.

DEACONS—J. Haselgrave, B.A. and W. Tyrer, B.A.
Catharine hall ; T. Ashworth, 13. A. Trinity ; G. Du-
gard, B.A. Nt. John's ; T. Bosdell, B.A. Magdalen ; G.
Corper, B.A. Pembroke ; H. Costobadie, B.A. St. Jelin's;
J. Piston, B.A. Queen's.

&me day the following► gentlemen were ordained by the
Bishop of Gloucester :-.

PRIEST—R. Templeman, LL.B. Trinity. .
DEA coNs—C. James, B.A. Christ's; W. Phillips, B.A
Corpus Christi.

The Rev. L. V. Vernon was lately installed Archdeacon
tif Cleveland, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. Arch-
deacon Wrangham.,

The number of persons existing in France
who had been liberated from sentences to the gallies, after

having undergone their punishment, is estimated at 11,402.
FUNERAL OF THE LATE MR. J. JoHN-
sToNE.—The remains of this justly celebrated actor, who
:field supreme sway in Irish characters for the last 45 years,
are to be removed from his late residence, No. 5, Tavi-
stock-row, Covent-garden, this afternoon, at two o'clock,
for interment in one of the vaults beneath the church of St.
Paul, Covent-garden. The body is to he deposited in a
hearse drawn by six horses, and followed by six mourning
coaches, containing Messrs. Kemble, Price, Fawcett, John
Bannister, Matthews, Elliston, Munden, I'ope, Powell,
rlalley, T. Cooke, Power, Cooper, Keeley, Blanchard,
with several friends who had long known and esteemed the
deceased.

There is, says a Paris letter, ix St. Pelagie,
the King's Bench of Paris, at this very moment, an
American, Colonel Swann, who has been confined there
these 25 years.

Endeavours have often been made in France
to dis Cover a substitute for foreign coffee. According to
31. Pajot Deseharmes, the seeds of the broom answer this
purpose exceedingly well, according to the °Ogg me-
person who has taken it for
dera,tely roasted, ground on +« ^' in the manner of
finds no difference between it
and coffee. It is not the garden, but the forest broom,
the seeds of which are to be taken for this use. It ap-
pears that in that part of Holland bordering upon Ger-
many this substance has been used for coffee for many years.

Much as Walter Scott is read everywhere, in
no country of the globe is the enthusiasm for him carried
to so high a pitch as in Denmark. A single number of
the Copenhagen Journal contains the announcement of
three different translations of one of his works ; and a pro-
fessor of theology has even gone so far as to recommend to
his pupils the study of the Waverley novels, as the surest
way of attaining that knowledge of mankind so indispen-
sable in ministers of the gospel.—Bllit. fur Lit. linter.
Grain of all kinds, maize, the seeds of cruci-
form plants, potatoes, &c. by treatment with chlorine are
much increased in vegetative power, are sooner ripe, and
produce a crop three or four times as great as that ob-
tained under ordinary circumstances. The process is to
steep the seed twelve hours in river water (never in
well-water), then 14 or 15 drops of a strong solution of
chlorine is to be added for each quart of water, the
whole well mixed, and the maceration of the seed con-

tinned for six hours longer in the sunlight, and under a
bell-glass, or for want of a bell•glass under a cover made
with Oiled paper. The seed is :then to be separated
from the liquid on a cloth, and for the convenience of
sowing mixed with a sufficient quantity of cinders, sand,
or dry earth. When sown, the water of maceration is to
be poured over the ground.

The strange avarice of a Laplander is most
gratified in collecting vessels, or even pieces of silver and
gold, nav, even of brass. These, from his mode of life,
can be of little or no use to him ; and, being unable to
carry this treasure with him upon his journey, he buries
them in some unknown spot, so that, in the event of death
they are frequently lost.

A liberated convict, named Peverone, whose
numerous murders had given him great celebrity in Cor-
sica, was shot on the 10th ult. by a corporal stationed at
Ajaccio. This notorious bandit, however, defended him-
self with great obstinacy against the whole of the eosnpany
commanded by the corporal, and wounded several of them
before he received his own death-blow.

It gives us great pleasure to learn, by the last
accounts from Florence, that at the time they were
written, the Marquis of Douro and his brother Lord
Charles Wellesley, were visitors of that city, as this in-
telligence effectually sets at rest a rumour which has been
for some days in circulation, namely, that the victims in
the horrible Turkish: tales of mutilation end poisoning
(first published in the Brighton Gazette, and subse-
quently noticed in all the London Papers) were no other
than the two young Noblemen above-mentioned. From
the first we considered the whole story extremely apo-
cryphal ; we are now satisfied that it never had any
foundation.

SHERIFF PARKINS' EXCHEQUER BILLS.

—Sheriff Parkins fortherly banked with—Fauntleroy, but
it happened that one night the Sheriff had a dream that it
not right to leave his 20,000 Exchequer Bills there;
he accordingly proceeded the next morning to demand his
property, but Fauntleroy made some evasive answer to the
sheriff, which threw him into a great rage, end deter-
mined him to have his bills. Fauntleroy, finding that lie
was not to be got rid of, returned him the amount; but,
on the Sheriff's examining the bills, he found that they
Were not. of the same numbers which he deposited with
them. lie was, however, contented with obtaining his
property again, with which he immediately proceeded to
Child's. On having an interview With one of the prin-
cipals of the house, he began to be vituperative against
Fauntleroy, which the principal would not listen to.—
This again enraged the Sheriff, who went off with his bills
i❑ his pocket. It soon after, happened, that Sheriff
Parkins was standing as candidate for. an election, and on
being on the hustings, his competitor demanded to know
who he was, and from whence he came? The Sheriff im-
mediately put his hands to his pocket to exhibit his bills,
but to his great astonishment they were not to be found.
This caused great confusion in the town, and at the mar-
ket-place, but after some search his property was disco-
vered, and again restored to him. The above adventure
was the cause of his placing his Exchequer Bills in the
hands of Stephenson. Their further adventures may be as
various.