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London, England, 1842-05-20 00:00:00

DUTCH FUND3.—AmaTatasma. 514 r 15.

Monet. Pius.
Actual Dcbt. 25 per Cent
Ditto, ditto 5 per tent.
Amcit Svadic,43, per cent 9:114 -. 45+v
Ditto, ditt,, 3%, per cem...... ..... .....
Commercial Comnary. 4!t :..er cent 1e,,P.6 ?5,0i
Ditto (1835 and 1u37) spa cent. ......
Loan 1837. 5 per cent.........—.......—..
Lachange on Lender., Oo c month l2 12)4
Two months
Ilantburgh, One month--
Two months 35 113;4,,
Dutch Papers, May hi.

AUSI IC lAN FUNDS..-Vlssma, MAY 7.
five per Cants. Metailtques
Fo%r per Cents. .. 110
Three p.r Cents.
Hank Shares

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UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

OXFORD, MAY 18.—This being the first clay of Tri-
nity, or Act Terra, t congregation was ho:den, at which
the following degrees were conferred :
Bachelor iu .161 in Foley, Fellow of
Wadhant College.
Masters of Arts.----. 1. Fraser, Oriel College ; 'PIZ. T.
Kent, Wadham ditto ; *Rev. 1). Hunter, Exeter ditto ;
Rev. T. B. •Adair, ditto ; B. Sweet. Baliiol ditto ;
Rev. J. W. L. Schreiber, ditto ; AVoolley, Lincolu
ditto ; Rev. Wileoeks, ditto ; Rev. W. L. 11:ire'',
Christ Church g W. Corr. r, ditto ; 11ev. .1. Fletcher,
St. Mary Hall ; Rev. R. Tumlins, ditto ; W. Knight,
Worcester Cohege ; Juynes, Corpus Christi ditto ;--
Foulkes,Jesusditto ; W. C. Moriand, Christ Church,

R.
Bachelors of Arts.----C. J. Parke, Oriel College ;
G. SWayne, .: 1.1
tolham ditto ; G. W. Paul, ditto ; G.
Meynell, Brasennose dit:o ; R. Stanton, ditto
.; W. G.
Bradley, ditto ; W. jacksOn, Queen's ditto ; j. Merry,
ditto ; Lucas, ditto ;W. L. Collett, ditto ;F. Tt..mple„
Balliol ditto ; Clapeott, Lincoln ditto ; *C. F. Wyatt,
Christ Church ; 11. Goodwin, ditto ; A. Barrett, Wor-
cester College ;A. A. Aylward, ditto ; C. B. Stretch,
ditto ; C. W. Gordon, Magdalen hall ; F. W. A'aux,
ditto.; R. Watts, ditto ; J. Coventry, ditto ; C. F. Cook,
ditth ; C. E. Bros' in, St. Mary ditto ; F. E. Cole, ditto ;
Weatherell, aitto ; 11. Robinson, St. Alban, ditto ;
11. G. J. Borstals, Magdalen College.

'Grand Compounders.

Tiic lloatANci: or LirE.—Some short time ago,
in one of the villages on the Firth of Forth, lived a lady
whose husband had long before gone to sea, and never
having heard from him for some years, she believed him
to have been dead. At the time her husband went to
sea, Mrs. S. lived in a town in England ; but, aster
giving up hopes of his return, she removed, with her only
daughter, to her native country, Scotland. in the vourse
of years a probationer of the Church of Scotland came
to officiate as a missionary in the parish, and formed an
attachment for Miss S. Seeing no immediate prospect
of obtaining a church. at home, he resolved on trans-
ferring himself to one of our American colonies, -and re-
ceived an appointment there from a colonial Missionary
Society. Having been united to Miss S., he took his
departure, leaving his wife and mother-in-law to folloW
as soon as he should have prepared for their comfortable
reception. They accordingly left this country some time
afterwards for ,America. In the meantime, among the
settlers over whom the young divine's charge extended,
was a comfortable farmer, also named S., who made in-
quiries after the history of the minister's wife and
mother, and :pressed an anxious desire to see them on
their arrival. They did arrive safe, and on reaching the
minister's habitation, Mr. S. was sent for to be intro-
duced. Judge of the surprise of all, when, on the entry
Of Mr. S., th.e newly-arrived females found in him the
long-lost husband and father ! Having been unable to
trace his family in England, after a protracted absence,
he had returned to America, where, by a singular coin-
cidence, both he and they found those they had given up
as lost. -The parties, we are glad to say, are now living
comfortably and happily in the New World.—Edinburgh.
l'aper.

STEAM NAVIGATION. A beautiful new frost
steamer, called the Eagle, will leave the Thames in a
day or two for Marseilles, destined to navigate the
Rhone. She is built by Messrs. Ditchbarn and Mac 4
and reflects great credit upon that respectable firm. Her
measurement is about 280 tons ; length 185 feet. She
is fitted with a pair of very superior engines of 110-horse
power, made by the eminent house of Miller, Ravenhill,
and Co., of Blackwall. Notwithstanding Ler size, and
the power of her machinery, her draught of water is only
one foot ten inches. This is an important point, as re--
spects the navigatioa of the Rhone, which is not only a
very rapid river, but is in many places not more than
three feet deep. To Mr. Miller belongs the merit of having
first overcome so lOrmidable an obstacle to the navigation
Rhine by steam, and the engines in question are the
-,sth pair thr.lhis 'house have made fir that purpose. In
t,rder to put her exquisite machinery to the test of trial,
and prove its capability for the long and rather difficult
voyage she about to venture upon, by the Bay of
Biscay, the Straits of Gibraltar, and the 'Mediterranean,
to Marseilles, the Eagle made an experimental trip
down the river on Tuesday, with a numerous party on.
board, including Sweral scientific and nautical,men, who
expressed,their warm admiration of her performance in
every respect. During. the excursion the company,
which also included several ladies, sat down in the splen-.
did cabin toll, very elegant collation, furnished by the
spirited engineers, and spent a most convivial after se on.
The responsible duty of taking the Eagle to her desti-
nation has been confided to Captain Farmer, sea., whose
high reputation as an able; experienced; and careful
steam-commander, affords a stare guarantee for her safe
conveyance, even through sons with the storminess -of
which she was never destg,,ied to combat.

Great difficulty is oPien experienced in calculating
the number of stamps I,ehich should be placed on heavy
letters. The best way to do this is to ascertain the
highest number of ounces aletter exceeds, and then dou-
ble the next higher figure above that number, which will
give the number of pence which is charged for the pre.
paid postage of that letter. Thus a letter weighing
above four ounces, and under five ounces ; by doubling
the five it gives the e:orreet amount of postage, 10d,
Which is chargeable ort such a letter. The postage on
letters not weighing more than a half-ounce is tile.
penny ; not weighing more than an ounce, 2d. The
postage on letters above an ounce advances 2d. infurith-
inetical progression. Ivo sum is charged for postage
srfive, seven, or nine—
penny is cApressed by an odd number above ld. Thus
there i; s
&c.,u spuocsht postagepostage,
i m as
any three,upose.

E WSVENDEBSPROVIDENT AND BENEVOLIENT
—We. dnesday, the third Annual Meeting
of
which is established for granting tempo-
lrNarstyThlisTreuSoy
relief permanent assistance to masters and
servants, whom age, infirmity, or distress afflict, was. *held
at A Merton's Hotel, Fleet-street, James Harmer, Esq.,
president in the chair. Messrs. Wood, Southgate.,
Merrit, Harding. Luxton, Bond, &c., were present.
The Report stated that the Soci'ety was duly enrolled
according to Act of Parliament. The subscribers, do-
nors, and friends 'were steadily increasing. By the ex-
cursion to Ingress Hall in July last they lost 25/., and
by the engaging of the. Haymarket Theatre in March
they also lost about 4/. ; but the excursion to Twicken-
ham netted let. l Os. profit. The receipts for the past
year were 98/. Bs. 5d., and the expenditure left a balanee
of 411.85. ld. The total property of the Society figured
7191. ss. 7d. The Report was adopted ; the officers for
the ensuing year were elected ; and thanks voted to the
Ckairman.