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London, England, 1842-11-11 00:00:00

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UNIV EIt"3ITY OF LW-. DON.
_ The Senate, at its sitting on the 9th inst., confer-
red the degree of Bachelor of Arts on the following
gentleinen:--

PASS EXAMINATION.
velark FIRST DIVISION.
Thomas James, University College.
Oncler,'Eustaee Rogers, Spring Hill College.
Tieer, Basil Henry, Highbury College.
-'44e, Thomas Hardwicke, King's College.
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freak,
Henry Brown, Spring Hill College.
eVen, Joseph, Stonyhurst College.
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Timothy Smith; Bristol and University College.
srB,°ll, John, University College.
er'eY, Edward, Cheshunt College.
N;)dhunter, Isaac, University College.
11',L.ughal), Robert Alfred, University College.
Thomas, Stonyhurst College.
Young, William, Cheshunt College.
SEOOND DIVISION.
1,1/11e1, John Dawson, Highbury College.
arrer, William, Homerton College.
Larris", William Geo. Southey, University College.
;Wale, Charles, Stonyhurst College.
1,1r6g, Joseph Gage, Highbury College.
wl.l',anl,s Frederick Edgell, Highbury College.
°°Q, tieorge, Highbury College.
EXAMINATION FOR HONOURS.
(Arranged in the order of proficiency.)
MATHEMATICS AND NATURAL PHILOSOPHY.
°dllunter Isaac (University Scholarship), Univer-
sit.Y College.
.clwie, Thomas Hardwicke, King's College.
Oiler CLASSICS.
• jeget imothy Smith, Bristol and University Col-
'rano, •
t,.at-an, Robert Alfred, University College.
-,,,-241NATxoN in the HEIIRRW TEXT of the OLD
• TESTAMENT, the GREEK TEXT of the NEW TES-
UhIENT, and in SCRIPTURE HISTORY.
tllllll SECOND CLASS.
ns, Joseph, UniVersity College.
uununter, Isaae,.University College.

81ORTING INTELLIGENCE.
g . TA.TTEHSALL'S.—YESTERDIY.
711101,11S:Lliess yesterday afternoon was too flat to require
'" than a statement of the bets actually laid.
14 8 to 1 agst Mr. Blakeloca's A British Yeoman
1.4°°00 to 100 agst Sir G. Heathcote's. lot—tak.ii
0,- to 45 agst Mr. Bell's IN mesour—ditto
11°— to
25 agst Duke of Grafton's Oxygen colt—t.
°°o to 20 agst Mr. H. Wood's Eli—taken
' "°' to 10 agst Mr. Bowes's Cotherstone—ditto
400 to 10 ant Sir G. Heathcote's Amorino—taken
400. to lO a,,,,,,5t Sir G. Heathcote's Sirikol—ditto
Th lIEDNESFORD RACES.—TUESDAY.e
Great
'W
elter Stakes of 5 sovs. each, 2 ft, and 20
added'
Gentlemen riders, 12st each. Two miles.
l(7 sub )
it 1, a • s'
xt. lnter's Ernest the First, 2
Tha .. 6 yrs (Mr. Dawson) 1
K
IVltlner's Humphrey, aged
AK sh... --,nuiders's Miss Kitty Cockle, aged
day,. Stakes of 3 sovs. each, and 15 added.
)4. p 11.iit,s, one mile and a half. (5 subs.)
s.,ow , .
kr, p• leY a Adrian, aged
Zr.l Ilkington's Isabella, 6 yrs
Itt.r. Arthur's The Star,. 4 yrs 1 2 dr
....Zile 0..._ r°a's Nix my Bully, 3 yrs ' 3 dr
' --'44114411E stakes of 3 sovs. each, with 15 added.
kr. /./ One mile. (10 Subscribers.)
. ~. oth am's Little Nell, 5 yrs
._ Nterrett's Sidrophel, 4 yrs
w• Plintoff's Intruder, 6 yrs 3
Itgo Several others ran. A good race.
o: s'aP of 5 sovs. each, 2 ft, with 20 added. Heats.
kr, It One mile.
fir' ,a,worth's Chance, list
.e lin
toff's Intruder, lOst
AI% 11ilner' 2 2
s Humphrey, llst 61b .
This race is disputed.
li,

.11_ -ter Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Al-
!len. •
Passed through town shortly before nine
ttetd, ay.
morning, on their way to Walmer Castle.
Majesty and the Prince came to town by a spe-
, non the Great Western Railway, and imme-
PralY took their departure from Paddington, for
Icbe Castle, escorted by a detachment of Hussars.
Cortege occupied three carriages and four.
13IRMINGLIAM CONFERENCE.—At a meeting
Ldifferent sections of Reformers and Chartists held at
-"lue.Zrk,s in the Adelphi last night, it was unanimously
.67,1ved that they should join in sending
that
tlegamtes to
i;`,4sirtningham Conference. We believe
stevaenasmetarroly.
poltWenty-eight, or four from eachf of
London.
/lan boroughs, will be sent
Therm Lords Commis-
,i44EAT WAR STEAMER.
ravn_erS. of the Admiraltyhsßsaev._:adopted the design of a
with propelling engines
p_ificent war steam I
tiA/0 horse power, submitted by Mr. Oliver Lang,
ter-shipwright of the IVoolwich Dock-yard, and
th:Zi_az dered that she is to be constructed at this
PYard under the immediate personal superin-
Znee of Mr. Lang. To convey an idea of the
: size of the war-steamer about to be built here,
falit.Z.7,be mentioned that she will exceed the Tra-
'e3; 20 feet 6 inches in length of the deck, and
ttm,„ ti2Re- S inches in the length of the keel for
44aflaTie.,.\;" depth in hold will also exceed that of the
The uY 3 feet 10 inches.
ti9nltire
4.llarsda—e"le-tax Commissioners sat on Wednesday,
hear a„„Y,,and Saturday last, at the Town-hall, to
the -Wats under schedule D. We understand that
number for. the whole of the Brighton divi-
Cof 0p ;16 about 40, of which the greater part consist
grol;,',irs"s claiming exemption altogether, on the
cares of their incomes being under 150/. About 30
firrnTolvere disposed of, a majority of which were con-
nexte— the remainder will be heard on Friday
T._ righton Gazette.
t:T Ltlmitazoit.--The champion of Irish liberties
the m' entertained in Waterford, on Thursday, by
of thatayar, Aldermen, Town Council, and Burgesses
st ancient city. Prom Waterford, we are enabled
he ate' 1-le goes to Birr. On Wednesday, the 16th,
ZipeaPir.,eds. to Liverpool, and will attend a great Re-
,ineeting to be held there on the following
.day.
pooliT•is declined an invitation to dine with the Live.r-
-‘ l'ePealers, lest his doing so should interfere with
Se6,,niiier about to be given in support of the
.Catholic
poli'll2f that town. After his return from Liver-
will be. on Friday the 18th inst., he will
itirknan,/1 Dublin, and attend the Association meet-
-11/le 21st ; after which he goes to Derrynane
tvetly, where he spends a month or six weeks.—
; ild Reporter. •
11 e Manchester and Leeds Railway passes through
loerr fifteen towns, between which there were for-
lourY several carts, waggons, and vans, passing every
market the day and night, with manufacturing and
selveset produce, of which the poor could avail them-
-4b,, at a trifling expense of money and a consider-
awe saerifice of time. These are now almost entirely
of tri'it,,awaY, and the market people load one or more
4d. - tailway trucks amongst them, paying 3d. or
inslaPer ton per mile for their goods, and, in many
eireetne,es, less than ld. per mile for themselves. The
ee nas been to bring pa
supply of fruit, fish, and
oletables within the reach of those who could never
is to
them formerly, and to afford very great advan-
• laV to the market people and towns.
/nen "3" PAVEMENT.—A great number of work-
Itentare busily engaged in laying down wooden pave-
Ivhieinr°klgilout the whole length of Lombard-street,
will City be a great improvement to that part of the
to R,,and enable the inhabitants of that wealthy street
theseciYh on their business without the noise hitherto
itea!y yesTiiett es?mmenSe traffic of waggons and other
Thomas nn the deaths recently announced is that oif
ant Grady, Esq., formerly Chairman of this
tjlentlr' yiand a gentleman of commanding literary
teg,,,,4118 production, the " Nosegay," will lon.g
, !IN as one of the ablest satires penned in
few erfir- times. It is remarkable that within a v.eryl-
agtte.;„?llt/is, the writer and one of the principal
and in that effusion have paid Nature's
deb.ed
but „th,..e individual against whom it was writteni
tarieri time ago. Mr. Grady had been avo un-
for 80 e from his native land, at Boulogne-ser-Mee
nle Years.—Limerick Reporter.
.11nsellor Lamb, an old man when Lord Ers.kin.e.
5114(.1.' te;iti'm'aerthe height of his reputation, who was of timid
Diem. s and nervous disposition, usually prefaced his
nceesiloir an apology to that effect ; and on one
when opposed in some cause to Erskine,
.he
.upper to remark that " he felt himself growing
d more timid as he grew older." "No won-
,;,fer ' ,
00: I.llHled the witty but relentless barrister, "every
; ; bie"laws the older a lamb grows the more sheepish
„ cornea."
iteta this 'l,l or R. THICKNESSE, ESQ.-1119 `death_ of
..eve,,i'llen respected gentleman took place on Tuesday
41- ~"ing at his residence, Beech Hill, near Wigan.
.".Icf Is rather singular, that three gentlemen who have
coulde°lltesd and represented the borough of Wigan
;11/ s', cease to exist in the same year, but so it is;
ar'lliehard Potter, of Manchester, was the first to
eYine debt of nature, then followed Mweeks ar. J. H. Kears-
whose death we recorded a few and
• the 7, the lamented gentleman whose death we have
pin to announce.
es.terclaY morning a lamentable occurrence. took
pearsd.
, . place in the London Docks, by which a lad, seventeen
froage, who gets his living in the Docks, and
rig,norance of. his real name was commonly called
the etts tt has unfortunately lost his life. It seems that
,;?'llllasin it Ambassador, now lying in the Wapping
bf -'."eing much infested with rats, the usual mode
ifztertnination was.resorted to by smoking the ship.
*c:lll4°ndedindgio::n°.n Wednesday night, a fire of charcoal
flisaste brimstone was ; made below and the hatches
On
.a man named' Gibbard going on
' .ard in the morning he was surprised to find a lad
•. iPng on his face'betWeen the decks, quite dead. Ilav-
T4E:Procured the assistance of Charles Frazer, a
refs Policernan. he conveyed . the body on shore,
. `Whets was
recognized. A surgeon was sent for,
v7°,_se aid wits unavailing. The unfortunate lad was
Aop.
_i_lnntit friends or a home, and had several times been
*.t:Thtv; x7alPwfteked, and was accustomed to pass his nights
mi., .P 1 'ape or other of the ships in the Dock, and it is con-
. see. :j
:leeturedlie had-gone on board the Ambassador for that
rvse Unperceived, before the fire was lighted.