The Sun.
London, England, 1842-01-24 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

OXFORD, JAN. 22.—1 n consequence of the retirement
of Mr. Williams, the election of Professor of Poetry will
take place on Thursday next; at twelve o'clock, instead
of ten o'clock, as previously announced.
A Congregation will be holden for conferring degrees,
&c., on the same day.
On Friday, Feb. 1 I, there will be an election at Cor-
pus Christi College of two Scholars, who must be na-
tives of Bedfordshire and Lincolnshire respectively, un •
der nineteen years of age.
Candidates are required to present themselves to the
President of the College on Saturday, Feb. 5, at eleven,
o'clock, with proper epistles and testimonials, together
with Latin epistles to the electors.
The Regius Professor of Hebrew has given notice of
his intention to lecture on the latter part of the Pro-
phecy of Isaiah during this term, on Mondays, Tuesdays,
Thursdays, and Saturdays, at two o'clock, commencing
on Tuesday next.
The Regius Professor of Modern History will deliver
a course of eight lectures, on the Method of Studying
Modern History, on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Satur-
days, in the Clarendon, at two o'clock ; to begin on
Thursday next.
The Reader in Experimental Philosophy proposes to
deliver a lecture, in which he will exhibit some of the
principal phenomena of polarized light, on Tuesday next,
at one o'clock, at the Clarendon.

Sir T. D. Acland, Bart., has presented the Hon. and
Rev. C. L. Courtnay, of Christ Church, to the Vicarage
of Broadclist. Devon.

The Rev. John Clawes, of Broughton Hall, and others,
have presented the Rev. T. V. Bayne, of Jesus College,
to the Perpetual Curacy of St. John's, Broughton, Lan-
cashire.

W. Webster, Esq., has presented the Rev. J. Gregson,
of Brasennose College, to the Perpetual Curacy of Upton
Overchnrch, Cheshire.

Dr. Gilbert, Principal of Brazennose College, is to be
Bishop of Chichester.

LEASES TO FARMERS.—At a recent meeting
of the Gloucester Farmers' Club, Earl Dude said—
" Those farmers who looked with dislike upon the pro-
gress of improvement, under the impression that it
operated against themselves, could not entertain a greater
mistake ; for, go through the length and breadth of
England, and it would be teen that, where the landlord
was found the most enlightened, the tenant was found
in the most flourishing circumstances, the tenant knew
his duty to his landlord, and the landlord to his tenant.
For himself, he would say, that he never wished to see
any man enter upon a farm without a lease ; but in re,
turn he (Lord Ducie) must have intelligence. He
would not give a lease to one of the old school—a man
who, because his father and his grandfather did so and
so, refused to change. That was not the sort of man
for him. To a man of intelligence, on the other hand,
he would give the most liberal encouragement. He was
sure it was a most mistaken idea to suppose that land-
lords would take advantage of their tenants, and raise
'their rents whenever there was a rise in the price of
corn ; still he would regard the tenant as a fool who
would sink money without the protection of a lease, be-
cause, however much confidence he might have in the
landlord, he had no security for similar treatment in the
event of a son or trustees becoming the managers. No
man, in his opinion, was justified in expending money
upon improvements, unless the value was secured, to him
and his children after him by a lease."
INTELLIGENT STEAMERS.—There is no end
to the wonders of steam, as will be seen from the follow-
ing account, taken from the Observer. The Lightning
must be equally indignant with the Warspite. Too bad
to be compelled to put into Margate to get her machinery
mended, when she expected to be in the presence of the
King of Prussia at Ostend :—" Perhaps we should here
state that any failure of respect which has occurred in
the mode of conveying the King of Prussia to these
shores must be attributed to the departmental function-
aries alone. It cannot escape the eyes of his Majesty
that the Firebrand steamer, on her first starting for
Ostend, found that her boiler had a hole in it, and that
she had to wait until this hole was tinkered up before
she could move. Then,, again, her figure-head was
knocked off going down the river. The Lightning
steamer had her machinery amiss, and was compelled to
put into Margate. The Warspite and Vindictive frigates,
ordered from high authority to escort his Majesty, did
not accompany this crippled and beggarly steam flotilla.
Again, we repeat, that the orders from the highest
authority should have led to a different result ; but the
unfortunate fact is, that notwithstanding all that the
present Lords of the Admiralty have advanced respect-
ing the improved efficiency of the navy, they could not,
on this most interesting occasion, find a better steamer-
than one with a hole in her boiler, and another with
such ricketty machinery that she was compelled to seek
refuge in Margate."
TRADE OF SOUTHAMPTON.--We understand
that the business of this portin the past year trebled that
of any preceding. The exports have increased in the
same time fivefold, and the number of passengers landed
frOm foreign countries amounted to nearly 50 per day
during the 365 days. There were 553 vessels inwards
from foreign ports, and with cargoes outwards nearly 300.
This year commences under auspices still more favour-
able, for now we shall have a direct communication
with all the West India Islands, New York, Halifax, the
coast of South America, the Isthmus of Panama, &c.,
once a fortnight, besides twice a month to Alexandria,
Suez, Calcutta, Madras, and Ceylon. We are also gra-
tified to find that there is a corresponding augmentation
of the coasting trade ; hence Southampton now ranks as
a port of importance in the commercial world, and the
first in England for passenger traffic.—liantpshire Inde-
pendent,