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HOUSE OF LORDS, MARCH IS.
The Loan CIA tlce Lula took his seat on the Woolsack shortly
lifter three o'clock, and after prayers (by the Bishop of Kilialla)
were read, the Irish Sugar Drawbacks and Bounties Bill, the Irish
Limn and Yarn Trade, the Dublin Coals Importation, and the
Dublin City Improvement Bills, were severally read a third time
• and passed, and a message ordered to acquaint the Commons
therewith.
Some private business was disposed, after which their Lord-
ships a journed till Monday, when the Royal Assent will be de-
thred, by Commission, to several Bills which have passed both
Howes of Parliament.

UNI P7,RSITT INTELLIGENCE.
CAMBRIDGE. MARCH CS.
The greatest bustle prevails in this University, in
consequence of the active canvas which has commen-
ced on the part of his Royal Highness the Duke of
CLowerrsa, and h;* Grace the Duke of RUTLAND,
both of Trinity College, the only candidates for the
Chancellorship, vacant by the death of the Duke of
GRAFTON. Mr. MONK, the Greek Professor, takes a
warm interest on the side of the Duke of GLOUCES-
TER, and is his Highness's principal Agent in this
contest.
MARCH 24.—This learned University is in high
bustle. The business of education is suspended by a
Grace, which passed the Senate on Friday last, and
every thing gives way to electioneering activity.
The Election for the Chancellorship, which is to
take place on Tuesday, seems at present to excite most
attention, which may be attributed to the splendid
pretensions of two such dignified Candidates as his
Highness the Duke of &Loom-ran, and his Grace
the Duke of RUTLAND. The Committee of the for-
mer meet at Trinity College, that of the latter at the
Hoop Tavern. The venerable Bishop of Bairrot.
takes a leading part in favour of his Highness of
Gyaves,sreit. His attendance at the Committee is
unwearied and effective. The influence which his
Lordship possesses in the numerous and powerful Col-
-Ime over which he so ably presides, as well as in the
University at large, is well known. Notwithstand-
ing, therefore, the freedom with which his Grace of
RutLAND has used the name of Mr. PERCEVAL, the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, in his canvass, he will
not, it is supposed, be able by such means to with-
stand the force opposed to him, or to make any notable
impression against his Royal Competitor.
This Committee is composed of men of great rank
and power in the University, the learned Professor •
Montt, the Rev. JAMES CuftazY, B.D. the Rev. Mr.
GISIONOHAM, &c. &c. Besides his industry so perse-
veringly applied to the duties of a Committee-man,
the Bishop of BRISTOL entertains the Gentlemen of
the Committee in the most sumptuous style every day
at his Lodge ; and in all respects conducts the busi-
ness in a manner worthy of the great cause which his
Lordship has so zealously taken in hand. It appears
already that the Duke of GLOUCESTER will be elected
by a vast majority.
The friends, however, of the Duke of RUTLAND j
are straining every nerve—Mitred Dignitaries and I
grave Divines, unite with the noblest sportsmen in the
Ilingdom, and brisk Foxhunters of every rank and
description, in support of the Duke of RUTLAHD and
the Protestant Religion. The pen, however, of Dr.•
MARSH, Margaret Professor of Divinity, has been
successfully employed in proving that his Highnessti
of GLOUCESTRR has at no time been the Advocate of
Popery, and that, even if he had been, his Highness's
good sense would lead hiM at some period or another
to take a direct contrary part. It is clearly proved hs
this very able pamphlet, that his Highness ever has
been and ever will be, like his beloved and Royal'
Uncle, a true Friend to the Church as by Law
established, and the undoubted protector of the;
laws and privileges of the University of Cambridge.
It is also plainly made out in the same publi-
cation, that the Duke of RUTLAND cannot possi-
bly feel that regard and affection for the University,
to the Chancellorship of which he aspires, which the
Duke of GLOUCESTER must be allowed to have on ac-
count of his Grace's very intimate connexion with the
town of Cambridge ; for in a competition of the two
interests, his Grace cannot but prefer that of the
town, which gives him the power of returning two
:Members to Parliament, to that of the

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which could merely confer on him the splked►d
title of its Chancellor. To this production of die
learned Professor, an answer has been attemp4;
by an anonymous Author. The Pamphlet, hove-
ever, is flat and inconclusive, of which the writ=
seems sensible, as he does not venture to publish hi
name. These are the only squibs that have been let
off up to the present period of the contest. When
this circumstance is well weighed, and it is also cols
sidered that the author of one of these is a Professor
of Divinity, the world at large will be satisfied with
what decorum an election of the atest importance,
is conducted in the University of Cambridge. •The
Committee at the Hoop is compossid of men of very
great zeal, ability and interest, the Rev. Jae. KING,
the Rev. Dr. Paocroa Master of Catharine Hall, the
Rev S. BLACK ALL, Chaplain to the Bishop of London,
the Rev. W. CRAFTY, B.D. &c. &c.
The Grace above alluded to was proposed in the
Senate on Friday last, it was " For granting the pre-
sent Term to such Undergraduates, as shall, with the
approbation of their Tutors, leave the University du-
ring. the present emergency." This Grace, which
originated with the two great Colleges) did not pass
Without a division ; the University not being unani-
mously of opinion that the emergency was sufficient
to justify the loss of a fortnight in. the education of
the youth committed to their care, for the fun and
bum], nf an election.
A Grace was also proposed the'same day, 4, For
appointing six Pro-Proctors during the two approach-
ing elections." It was rejected, however, by a very
large majority. The baneful effects of the officious
obtrusion of Pm• Proctors upon the University, in the
latter part of the last year, are too well remembered,
nothing but riot and confusion having been the con•
sequence of such an injudicious interference.
The election of a Member of Parliament will take
place on Wednesday ; there is no doubt of Lord PAL•
insarron's success, whilst Mr. SMYTH will be clearing
his way for a seat in Parliament for the University at
* future occasion. The strength Lord PALMERSTON
exhibited at the last election, has increased beyond the
most sanguine expectations. of his friends ; a circum-
stance which must be attributed to the ability his
Lordship has displayed in performing the arduous
duties of the high station his Lordship Ells in the Ad-
teinistration.
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