The Sun.
London, England, 1842-07-02 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

OXFORD, JUNE 30.—A congregation was this day holden
for granting degrees, &c., when the following were conferred:—
Bachelor and Doctor in Divinity by Accumulation—Rev.
Richard Harrington, Principal of Brazennose College, Grand
Compounder.
Doctor in Civil Law—J. Lane, of Queen's College.
Bachelor in Divinity—Rev. H. D. Horlock, of Magdalen Hall.
Masters of Arts—Rev. A. K. Thompson, of Queen's Col-
lege; Rev. T. Calvert, Queen's; H. D. Skrine, Wadham ;
J. D. Dalgairns, Exeter; H. Symonds, Magdalen Hall.
Bachelors of Arts—T. Evetts, of Corpus Christi College,
Grand Compounder ; F. H. Deane, Magdalen Hall.
On Monday Mr. Edward West, Mr. Henry Longueville
Mansel, and Mr. Leopold John Bernays, Scholars of St.
John's College, were admitted actual Fellows ; and at the some
time Mr. Edward Thomas Austen, Mr. Robert Unille Gil-
bert, and Mr. Edward Victor Lewis Houlton, all being of kin
to the Founder, were elected and admitted actual Fellows;
and Mr. Thompson Podmore, and Mr. Christopher Cookson,
were elected and admitted Probationary Scholars of the same
Society.

BRIGHTON, JUNE 30, 1842.—The General Steam
Navigation Company's packet, Dart, Captain Cheesman, ar-
rived from Dieppe at half-past eleven o'clock this morn-
ing, with thirty passengers, many of whom reached that
town about half an hour before the packets started ;
a'ter clearing their baggage, they proceeded by the
half-past one o'clock train from Brighton to London, thus cora-
pletin,g their journey between the two capitals within twenty-
four hours, inclusive of two hours' stay in Brighton. Among
the passengers were the Baron and Baroness Starschadel, Mr.
Montserrat. Col. Fox, M.P., which lattergentleman proceeded
to town to attend his Parliamentary duties this evening.
The great advantages afforded by the railway and the attrac-
tions of the bathing season at Dieppe, appear likely to make
this a very favourite route to France.
THE QUICKEST PASSAGE FROM LONDON TO lIAM-
Buy:H.-13v the arrival of the mail packet John 13ull yes-
terday,;fromHamburgh, we have received a letter from Captain
Cheesman, Commander of the General steam Navigation
Company's mail packet Caledonia, stating that he arrived out
at Hamburgh on Sunday evening, at a quarter to sewn o'clock,
thus having made the passage from London to Hamburgh in
40 hours, the quickest on record.
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STARVING
THE POOR IN THE CITY.—A long in-
vestigation took place on Thursday at the Mansion-house, before
the Lord Mayor, relative to the system of the City in giving
relief to the poor. The relieving officer of the East I.ondon
Union brought no less than 20 paupers, 16 males and four
females, charged under the following circumstances :—The
officer stated that he was beset every night at his house in
Seething-lane by the prisoners and others for relief, and that
it had become so alarming, that he feared that without his
Lordship's magisterial aid in punishing those who had no right
to apply, something serious would take place, for he could not
live in his house. They come to him, and get an order to go
into the poor-house for the night, and next morning they turn
themselves out, and refuse to work, and at night they come
again to go back , and if refused they become violent and
insolent, and he is obliged to call the police to ~,et rid of them.
lle observed, he was sure that within the last three months he
had paid at least 8,000 applicants for relief. The officer at
Peckham said that they came into the house in a most filthy
and ragged state, and when they got cleaned and clothed, they
became saucy and refused to work, and walked off, and in a
few days afterwards back they came in the same deplorable
state. It ling been proved to his Lordship that the pri •
sorters forma Part of the gang above stated, he sent the four
women and 14 of the males to Bridewell with hard labour for
one month and the other two men, being the most incor-
rigible, far two months. Their appearance was most distress-
ing; some of them bad scarcely clothing to cover theirnakedness.
TIIE EARTHQUAKE IN THE WEST INDlES.—Extract
from log-book of the barque Mandingo, John Burgin, comman-
der :—" Sunday, May 8, 1842, sh. 15m. p.m.—Light winds
and fair weather—St. Nicholas Mole bearing S.E., distant
about 7 raile:—experienced a severe shock of an earthquake
causing the ship to vibrate and tremble exceedingly for about
four minutes, unshipping the card of one of the compasses in
the binnacle, she teeming to be striking heavily and forging
over a coral reef; after looking round over the ship's side, and
finding her still going a-head, and no appearance of any rocks
or reefs, as we imagined her striking upon, one of the crew
looking towards the land drew our attention
that way, when
we fond that several parts of the land were enveloped in large
clouds of dust. 6 p.m.—St. Nicholas Mole S.E. by S., Tor-
tugas Island E.N.E.—slight shocks still felt. 6h. 30m. p.m..—
A dense cloud of black smoke rising from the sea in the hori-
zon, as though issuing from a volcano. 11 p.m.—Slight shock
atill felt at intervals. Midnight...Moderato brows and fine."

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
CHELTENHAM RACES.--THURSDAY.
The Southam Stakesof 5 sous. each, with 30added. Two miles.
Mr. J. Day's Marius, 4 yrs
Mr. Bristow's fby Uncle Toby—Dinah, 3 yrs
Mr. Hervey's Saracens, 3 yrs, and Mr. Bristow's Arethusa,
3 yrs, also ran.
The Sherborne Stakes of 5 soya. each, with 30 added. One mile.
Mr. Sadler's Combat ...... .......... ....( Rogers ) 0 1
Mr. Bristow's Harroldstone, 3 yrs

Lord Eglinton's Bellona, aged
The following also started, but were not placed :—Mr.
Carter's Delusion, aged, Mr. Meiklam's 'Wee Willie, aged,
Mr. Agg nd Protestant, 4 yrs, Mr. E. Jones's Fervid, 4 yrs,
Mr. Isaac Day's b m by Nimrod, out of Busk, 5 yrs, and Mr.
Rush's b g by Exquisite, ont of Maresfield's dam, 4 yrs.
The Tradesmen and Innkeepers' Cup of 100 sovs., added to a
Sweepstakes of 20 sovs. each, h It. About two miles and
a half.
Mr. Holmes's Vulcan, 5 yrs ...
Sir C. R. Cockerell nd. Norman, 4 yrs 2
Mr. Charteris nd. Marino, 4 yrs; and Mr. Bristow's Are-
thusa, 3 yrs, also started, but were not placed.
The Free Handicap of 10 sovs. each, h ft, with 50 added; the
second horse saves his stake. Cup Course.
Mr. Carter's Delusion, aged (Cotton) 1
Mr. Sadler's Combat, aged 2
The followinc, also starteu, but were not placed:—Mr.
Rush's b g by Exquisite, out of Maresfield's dam, 4 yrs ; Mr.
I. Day's Science, 6 yrs ; Sir. I. Day's b m by Nimrod, out of
Jiusk, 5 yrs ; and Mr. Holman's The Page.

CRICKET.
KENT v. SUSSEX.

The great annual match between the gentlemen and players
of those celebrated cricketing counties, Kent and Sussex, was
commenced on Thursday at Canterbury, and yesterday the fol-
lowing account of the first day's play was received by express at
Lord's, from which it will be seen that only one wicket of the
Sussex eleven, was required to be lowered to complete the first
innings of each county. On this occasion the Kentish side con-
sisted of six professionals and five amateurs, while the Sussex
eleven comprised only three gentlemen and eight players. Sub-
joined is the list :
KENT.—Gentlemen—A. Mynn, EsqW. Mynn, Esq., F.
Fagge, Esq., G. C. Whittaker, Esq., ,
and W. D. Baker, Esq.
Players—Fuller Pilch, Wenman, Hillyer, Adams, Doffing-
ton, and Green.
SUSSEX.—Gentlemen—C. Barton, Esq., E. Napper, Esq.,
and C. Taylor, Esq.
Players—Lillywhit., Box, Dean, Millyard, Hawkins, Ham-
mond, Picknell, and Hawkins.

The following is a copy of the scoring papers :
KENT.—FIRST INNINGS.
Mr. A Mynn, bby Dean . 4
Mr. W. Alynn, hit wicket, b by Lillywhite
Hillyer, c by Picknell, b by Lillywhite
Pilch, cby Picknell, bby Dean
Wemnan, b by Dean
Adams, c by Bicknell, b by Hodson
Dorrington, b by Lillywhite
Mr. F.-Fagge, leg before wicket, bby Lillywhite .. 0
Mr. G. C. Whittaker, not out . .
Green, c by Hodson, b by Lillywhite 0
Mr. W. D. Baker, c by Hammond, b by Dean 8

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