The Sun.
London, England, 1818-02-09 00:00:00

UNIVERSI ry INTELLIGENCE.

OXFORD, FEB. 7.—ltichards Lown►les, Esq.
Masters. of Arts, of Trini►y.Cullege, Cambridge,
has been :admitted ad eundein in this University.
On Sat►uday last the toiluwing wete adtnitted
to Degrees :

WASTERS OF:ARTS.
.Mr. John Thomas Claridge, of Christ Church.
Reverend Edward Gregory, of Trinity College.

BACHELORS OF ARTS.

Mr. John Samuel EnysCollege..of Exeter College.
Mr. Francis Lloyd. Stti detct of Christ Church.
Mr. Wm. Spencer White'oche, .of 13alliol College.
Mr. William Perkins, of Lincoln College.
111 r. Joseph Painter Griffith, Scholar of Wadham College.
Mr, Griffith Richards, of Queen's College. •
Messrs. Thomas Steven Hodges, of University College, and
Matthew Mundy, of Exeter, II: A: were 'nominated by the
Proctors to he Colleen,: s. _ _

The noniber of Determining Bachelori are one hundred
and sixty-four.
_ .

The Army of Occupation is a subject of ninch in-
terest All circles. -The Three Vielsl,-Marshals,
the Ninety-seven Generals, and the 3550' cum.;
missioneti Officers to be drawn, not in companicts
but each separately and di,tinctly by lot, as is cx-
pl-tiiiefl by the Scheme of4he -present • Lottery,
having Three Grand Prizes, of 30,0001. with 9;
other capitals, and 3550 Prizes of varied vhluesy
of 100/. 501. &c. &c. which is so arranged, by the
nesire ut Adventurers themselves, that nearly 5000
Tiekets,- with about 40 Capitals, besides the

usual numbers of other Prizes, will he.:til drawn
on the 4th of March. In adaitiOn, Three Blanks
‘viti teceive twelve Pipesot. Port awl in
propurtioalor .Shares,

piece : these wounds had
.also been inflicted with
a large blunt ir,strument, supposed to be R bind
ieon, employed by. a pow et ful man, whit apisads
rently !Dust have been,lett,hauded.
A candle was found its the passage close to the.
housekeeper, and it is supposel the murder. were
committed late on Saturday, or Ili least-betore 10
o'clock, as that was. the boor Mr. 1
.3is d colwaroly
went to bed. The housekeep,r always had the
chain of ;he street door up wl,e she au,wered
knock, and there- being n doubt.. but that• the
murdcrer entered by that door, it is supi,osed:t hat
she tons( have been induced to open it., under lame
talse -pretence, Or because she knew the person,
who, as soon as he gained admittance into, the
passage, knocked her down and juhurpairly
utnt-
Alered her. It is: supposed that Mr. Bird was
reading, and that, on his'heating the attack upon
his housekeeper in the passage, he left his fir;!,,side'
to proceed to her assistance,, as •his. body was
found, between tbe firre-place and, the door of the
loom, with, his spectacles. near one band, and a
candle close to the other.

Tl►e horrid discovery created a very con&ider►ble
legree of agitation and alarm in the town of
3reenwich during the whole. of yesterday. Mr.
Bicknell, ►lie soli6tor, sent off an express ,o tl►e
►ublic office, Bow-street ; and Adkins- and' La-

vender, the; officers, arriving; with possible
speed, proceeded to examine the premises, and to
endeavour to discover snspicitnis characters,' but
without finding any trace of the murderer. Time
is no doubt but the.object of the aktapit
(fer. Tke keys Of ibe.drawers and 4.9xes bud been
procured, and it is suppwed they were taken iron)
the pockets of the dece4sed, as they %%ere. stained.
witir blood. •

It bds not.been,,ogeertkincd of what property.
[lre pren►ises gave been, robbed. In "a dra‘ver"
which bad not been opened were found iiank;--

totes to the amount of 31 t.. which Were ascerk}ived

:0 lie the, amount, of 4 dividend lie. received
.at the
Liank on the j 0,1) ofjaunary last. The murderer

also left, four silver salts, several' table and other

spoons, and a soup lNdle., kis supposed the mur-
derer did not take wearing apparel away.
• Mr. Smith, the Magistrate of that place, was in
attendance on the spot, to act with promptitude,
in case any suspected person was discovered.. Ott
the AhrCildfUl arid •distressing , intelligence Peing
commttuicated to Mr. Bfrd's sun, ,liast cued to
the house, when the overwhelming grief rind -dis•
traction with which he- was agitated on viewing
themangird body, off his. dsce.a.s,F4
_flitjler can be
het-ter imagioed than

It is a question at the present moment, whether
e onexample'd sale which has tititen.plaeu in .the

preseut„earty. peritpd of !tie, bas, . bee"
caused by t.be•i4.%:orces. of Fosrtune or Ailev?!aries
of Bacchus.--On the one band, Thre.e Prizei of

Thirty Thousand Pounds and One H nndred -Ca.
pitals may .he, adduced BS. incoqti overtiide iirgu-
inenis whilst, on the. other, Twelve Pivss itt

•
the best Pout \Vine in 'the kingdom seem no Its&
convincing. We believe
_the eirect Wray be at-
tribtved to their. combined opera! ion the no-
velty of the idea, since this is the first
_Lottery.

on record where the cornucopi Famine t.as
overflowed ;:ith the chuieebt gifts of the Srin of
:Svarele.

IHE CA lIIOLIC CLAIMS.

I'~a T II:; 'L'N.

ADDRESS AND APPEAL OF THE 110MAN'CATHO-
',ICS OF IRELAND TO THEIR prtoTEsTANT BRE-
THREN OF THE UNITED KINLiDONI .OF GREAT
BRITAIN :IND IRELAND,