The Sun.
London, England, 1845-06-26 00:00:00

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, JUNE 24.—The Roman Catholic prelates assem-
bit d this day at Maynooth College, to consider the arrange-
ments rendered necessary by the increase of the grant, and the
altered circumstances of the institution. A Mayneoth corre-
spondent of the Freeman's Journal states that the delibera-
tions of the prelates will probably embrace the following sub-

" I. The indispensable arrangements consequent upon the
altered circumstances of the College under the new endow-
ment which it has pleased our rulers to bestow upon this im-
portant national institution. _ _ _

" 2. What will be done with the present College—will it be
enlarged or abandoned, and a new one erected?
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"3. The consideration of the Academical Education Bill,
and the demeanour of the Ministry towards the prelates, as
evinced in dealing with their memorial.
" The whole of the Catholic visitors will be present, with
perhaps the exception of the Earl of Fingal, who is on the
Continent, and the Earl of Kenmare, who, I have been in-
formed, is in England. Mr. Corballis will attend, so also will
Mr. Strong Hussey and Sir Patrick Bellew. Lord Ffrench
arrived to-day in company with the Archbishop of Tuam and
the Bishop of Elphin.
" There is one matter connected with the arrangements
consequent on the endowment which will demand much con-
sideration. At present, there are several students in the in-
stitution who are maintained by bourses founded by pious
donors, the selection of appointees to which vests in the
bishops of the respective dioceses of which the founders were
spiritual subjects. These bourses have been established on
the same basis] as regards pension with the rate hitherto exist-
ing under the limited Government grant. They do not, we
believe, much exceed 201. a year.
" At present, there are upon an annual average in thecollege
440 students of all classes; under the new arrangement, pro-
vision will be made for 500. There will, therefore, be in
future upon the Government foundation alone, a larger number
of students than there are at present maintained by the Govern-
ment grant, together with the boursers from the several
dioceses. Henceforward, those bourses will not be adequate
to maintain the parties presented, without eking them out by
pensions, and it is tolerably evident that, under those circum-
stances, few will be anxious to obtain presentations. How,
therefore, will those bourses be disposed of?"

BRITISH ASSOCIATION FOR THE

ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE.

CA11211.1134E, Juxr 23.—The soiree in the Senate House,
last night was very numerously attended. Among the dis-
tinguished persons present were the Marquis of Northampton,
Earl Fitzwilliam, Sir David Brewster, Sir Charles Schomburck,
&c. &c. Professor Faraday, who had arrived the day before,
explained towards the close of the evening the principles of the
electrifying-machine, and much amusement was excited by the
various groups of ladies and gentlemen who ventured to test
its effects. Even on those who experienced the shock it
seemed to have very nearly the powers of the laughing gas
also.

One of the best attended sections to-day was the Ethnolo-
gical, at which the Anglo-Saxon scholar, Mr. John Kemble,
of Trinity, and the Rev. Rowland Williams, of King',, held forth
on the characteristics of the Celts and Saxons. The former was
of opinion that the Saxons had settlements on the coast long
hefore the period generally ascribed by our history to the Saxon
invasion, and he pointed out circumstances which led him to
believe that there were Teutons in Britain before the Roman
conquest. Mr. Williams, during the course of some Ethnolo-
gical remarks, entered into an interesting disquisition upon the
local and hereditary difference of complexion in Great Britain.
His remarks concerning the colour of the hair as a charac-
teristic were very entertaining, and listened to with great
attention. It used to be thought that the colour of the hair
was of no more value than to po'nt a compliment to beauty, or
afford a subject for the lover's sonnet. It helped now in an
investigating age, to form moral and physical deductions con-
nected with the human race. Speaking of the hair of the
ancient Britons, he alluded to C.iar's description of its light
colour, and glanced at passages in Martial and Ovid, in which
the Roman ladies of a certain age were reminded of the fact of
their borrowing the auburn locks of the Celts to repair the
ravages of time. The Rev. Speaker then traced the migra-
tions of the Celts on the map of the world, commencing from
the ZShores of the Caspian, east and west, through Europe and
through India, to the borders of China, pointing out where
they had advanced and succeeded, and where they had been
defeated and driven back. There was this particular feature
about their migrations, that they advanced in two bodies at
different periods of time, and these bodies were not, although
not very dissimilar, similar, as the Persian and Mede, the Latin
and the Greek, and the High and the Low German, were akin
yet different.
Sir ROBERT SCHOMBURCK read an elaborate paper on the
Indians of Guiana, some of whose superstitions were of 'an
extraordinary character. The education of their priesthood
in habits of the most wonderful austerity, gave them a great
command ever the feelings of the respective tribes, and these
priests laid claim to the power of expelling evil spirits, by
which they said their followers were possessed when troubled
with any species of disease. These Indians believed in a good
spirit, but did not adore him, and in an evil one, whom they
feared. The good spirit they believed had created men at
first with tails, for their protection. When they became bad,
he took away their tails, arid sent the mosquitoes for their
punishment.
It has been decided that the next meeting of the Associa-
tion shall be holden at Southampton, in September, 1846.
Invitations had been received from Cheltenham, Norwich, and
Oxford.
Professor Murchison was elected President for 1846-47, and
Colonel Sabine, General Secretary.

PEDESTRIANISM EXTRAORDINARY.— On Tuesday
last a youth, about twenty years of age, named George Frost,
alias Snowy, yclept the " Suffolk Champion," performed the
four following astonishing feats for a subscription purse, upon a
measured piece of ground near the Crown Commercial Inn, at
Dist, half a mile out and half a mile in, to the astonishment of
several hundeds of spectators, viz.:-
1 mile in 4 minutes and 50 seconds,
2 miles in 10 minutes and 27 seconds,
3 miles in 16 minutes and 33 seconds,
4 miles in 22 minutes and 40 seconds, _ .

Thus doing the 10 miles in 54 minutes and 30 seconds ! The
above performances are considered unparalleled in the annals
of local pedestrianism ; and if a metropolitan adventurer were
to match himself against the youth, our correspondent asserts
the probability is, he would, at its termination, look rather
blue to find himself considerably in the rear of the " SOM.:
Champion !"
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MARTHA BRIXEY.—We are requested by the ma-
tron of Bethlem Hospital to state, that there is not a word of
truth in the paragraph regarding Martha Brixey, which ap-
peared in our impression of Tuesday, eopied from a Morning
raper.
TROTTING MATCH FOR 201.—Yesterday the match
between Mr. Barton's and Mr. Dean's horses, to trot in har-
ness two miles for 101. aside, came off on the Streatham-road.
Mr. Dean's horse has acquired some celebrity for trotting, and
was the favourite at starting. At the start I'lr. Barton's horse
took the lead, which he continued, and covered the first mile
in 3 minutes and 28 seconds ; at the termination of the next
half mile he broke, and was pulled in. Mr. Dean then took
the lead, which he maintained the remaining distance, and came
in first by 150 yards. The two miles of road were accomplished
by the winner in 6 minutes and 54 seconds.
CONSOLIDATED TRETOIL MINING COMFANY.—A
special meeting of the shareholders in this Company was held
yesterday, at the offices, George-yard, Lombard-street, Mr.
Thomas in the chair, when a report was read from the Directors,
congratulating the shareholders on the improved prospects of
the Company, and stating that, since the lath of February, the
liabilities of the Company had been reduced from 2,418/. 18s. 6d.
to 1,1911. 17s. 11d., towards meeting which there was
5291. 9s. 9d. in hand, and proposing that a further call of 10s.
per share should be made. After some conversation the report
was adopted, and resolutions for carrying it out were adopted,
as was one that certain shares having been forfeited or relin-
quished by the original shareholders, the same be reissued,
giving the present shareholders the option of taking them pro
rata, at 1/. per share, includiug the 10s. call just made. Thanks
being voted to the Chairman, the meeting separated.