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UNIVERSiTY 15. CLER,CA .A.EtV..,.

CAMBRIDGE.—The following degrees were last week
colverred :
D.l3.—John Davis. Queen's College; Thomas Robinson, Tri
nity College; Lawrence Stephenson, St. John's Colleg.c ; R. J.
Waters, Christ's College.
C.L.—Rev. Ebenezer Cobham Brower, Trinity Hall.
M.D.—Francis Ker Fox, St. J ho's College; Charles Joseph
Fox, St. John's College; Robert G-rdon Latham, King's Col-
lege ; Charles Storer, St. John's College ; Edward Willams,
Queen's College
o,—,John William Donaldson, Tr oily College.
B.C.'. Walter Meddon Bruton. St. Peter's College.
M. 13 —Richard Firbank Burman, Cants Co lege.
M. .—Ttinity College.—James Akroyd Beaumont, John
nie,:erdike, Robert John Bu sell, Fitz-Henry William l ll s,
Ja 'rev Fenton. Robert Charles Jenkins, Henry Cadman Jones,
riliam Hutchinson Oliver, Robert Biscoe Tritton, thanes
Henry W ilson. George D Bland, Charles Philips Buckworth,
William EA die Cattley, Waiter Cockburn, Edward Henry John
Cray, ford, George He ry Drew. William Henry Empsou, Wrn.
Charles Rattles Flint. Unwin Ileathcote, William Jennings. Sir
Lawrence Jones. Bart.. Richard Parry Jones, Charles Lawford,
Henry Thomas Lee. Frederick Russell Mills, Thomas C. Paris,
Thomas Goulburne Parker, Samuel Gideon Frederick Perry,
George Powe I, Leopold Poynder, Charles Henry Ramsden,
Arthur Raws n, Edward J. Rose, William Rushton, George
Percival Smith. Warrington Wilkinson Smyth, Alfred Baker
Strettel!, Joseph Corbett Turnbull. John Vivian Vivian, James
Templeton Wood. James Gavin Yong, Robert John Ramsden.
St John's Coll ge.—Charles William Marsh Boutflower, Pa.
trick Colquhoun. Richard Hibbs, Daniel Paul Meek Hulbert,
John Bather, John Pettit Beard. John Bu kner. Henry John
Bull, Thomas William Carwardine, John Marten Cripps, Octa-
vius James, William James Kennedy. John Miller, Richard
Eaton Monins, Ch rles Edward Raines, John Rogers, John
Romney, John Shelley. Edward Shuttleworth, John Russell
Stock, George Edward Tate. Frederick Taunton, John William
piller Watkin, John Oct vius Williamson.
King's College —Edward Balston, John William Hawtrey,
Richard Holmes Tuck, John Eyre Yonge.
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Caius College.—Henry Claydon. John Gooch. Albert Francis
J)ck,on, Henry C. Barker, Adolphus Boodle. William Henry
Child, John Newman Harrison, William Hamilton Yatman.
Magdalene College.—George Frederick Daniell, Chas. Gough
Flint, H,nry Hall, Peter Almeric Leheup Wood. John Ingram
Pent°ld Wyatt, Henry Thring, John Philip Tomlinson, Charles
Wi.rd

Corpus Christi r'ollege.—John Josiah Day. Henry Deck, Chas.
Baring Coney, Edward Leopold Denys, Jabez Jones.
Clare Hall.—Henry Annesley Hotchkin, J. White Westhorp,
Henry Frederick Barnes.
Christ's College.—William Henry Beauchamp. Robt. Everson

Harrisson, David Edward Domville, William Chapman Mee.
Pembroke College.—George Swaine Swansborough, Thomas
Andrew. Charles Augustus liaison, Joseph Harriss, Charles
Babington Jeaffre‘on, Henry M'Call.
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St. Peter's College —Joseph Wa, son Ayre. Michael Nowell
Peters. Matthew Baillie Begbie, Richard W. Fitzpatrick, Gilbert
W. Robinson.
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Jesus College.—Wm. Braithwaite, George Bilsborrow Hughes,
John Hiley Austen. Charles John Fisher. William Howlett,
Moorhonse James, Henry Roberts. John Winter.
Queen's College.—Frederick Jenkins Abbott, Charles Black-
de Richard Brad ey, Manr.aduke Cocken, James
Newton Goren, Joseph King. Walter Mitchell. Joseph Patch,
David Shaboe, George Eller, George Halls, Charles John Sheb-
beare. _ _ • .

Catherine Hall.—Henry Frederick Beckett, Robert J. Hope,
Henry Pearson. Henry W. Yates.
Emmanuel College.—Edward Boor, Philip Brett, George
Bryant, Beaumont Dixie. Martin William B. owne Ffolkes,
Geo. ge Henry Woodcock.
Sidney College.—J. G. Gordon, Thomas Wallis Richards,
James Rickards, William Layng.
The following were created Masters of Arts on certificate
from the registry :—Charles Upham Barry, Trinity Hall ; John
Dunnington Fletcher, Christ's; Walter Grant James Macgregor,
Trinity; Charles Coleby Roberts, Trinity.
OXFORD. JULY I.—At Wadham College, on the 30th
June, the Rev. John George Shepherd, M.A., Henry
King, M.A., and the Rev. Richard Congreve, M.A.
were elected Fellows; arid John Langford Capper, Post-
master of Merton College Francis Morgan Nicholas,
Commoner of Exeter Col:ege, and Henry Wear, Bland-
ford, Commoner of Wadham College, arid a native of the
county of Somerset, were elected Scholars.—Also on the
same day, John Fielden Mackerness, Postmaster of
Merton College, was elected Fellow of Exeter College.
—This day Henry Hayman, and James Henry Eld.,
Scholars of St. John's College, were elected and admitted
Fellows of that Society, and Arthur Knox, from Tun-
bridge School, was elected and admitted a Scholar of the
same College on Three years of pri.bation.
DURHAM, JUNE 29.—The Hebrew prize for the junior
class has been awarded to John Bouk, student in theology,
and Patrick Wilson, student in arts. The merits•of the
candidates were declared equal. The Gisborne scholar-
ship has been conferred on John Loro Low. A grace has
been passed granting £6O to Bishop Cozin's Library.
The late Wm. Stevenson, Esq., of Stamford, has se-
cured by deed (the Ven. Archdeacon T. K. Bonney, trus-
tee), for building a church in Deeping Fen, Lincolnshire,
£4,000 ; for keeping it in repair, £2OO ; for income for
the minister, £5,000 ; total, £9,200.
The yew tree is Gresford Church-yard, Wales, is up-
wards of thirty-one feet in circumference. This giant of
nature is probably not surpassed in the Principality, or,
indee I, in England.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

THE RUNNING REIN CASE.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER, MONDAY, JULY 1.
(Before Baron Alderson and a Special Jury.)
WOOD V. PEEL.
The counsel for the defendant were the Solicitor-Gene-
ral, Mr. Martin. and Mr. Wortley; and for the plaintiff,
Mr. Cockburn, Mr. James, and Mr. Lush.
Mr. Cockburn proceeded to state the case, and said
that the point at issue was, whether the colt called Run-
ning Rein was got by The Saddler out of Queen Mab,
and foaled in 1841. After calling upon the jury to divest
their minds of all that they might have heard of the case
out of that court, he told them that the question which
they had to try was not one of opinion or science, but
purely of fact. The horse in question won the last Derby
race, and won it gallantly ; but a dispute subsequently
took place as to its age, and Col. Peel, the owner of Or- i
lando, the second horse in the race, claimed the stakes.
Mr. Wood had then taken the onus upon himself of pro-
ving the age of the horse; and he (Mr. Cockburn) should
be able to give to the jury a history of the colt, from the
first moment of its existence up to the time of the race,
and prove it by witnesses whom he should place in the
fox before them. The learned counsel then proceeded to
detail the facts connected with the birth of the colt, and
traced him from place to place, as afterwards proved in
evidence. He stated that the real defendant in this case
was Lord George Bentinck, although Col. Peel had al-
lowed himself to be put forward, with that fairness which
distinguished all his conduct on the turf and elsewhere.
Mr. Cockburn then made some very strong observations
on the conduct of these who had made their bets, let the
horse run and win, and then entered their protest. The
ground of the objection to the horse was a pretence that
one colt had been substituted for another; but when,
where, or how, they did not say ; or what colt had been
substituted they did not state ; and what the other side
relied upon he bad not the slightest conception of. When
his learned friend opened his case, he should better know
what he had to grapple with. He did, however, look with
great confidence to the result of the case. He concluded,
as he began, by calling upon the jury to divest their minds
of everything which did not come fairly before them.
Several witnesses were then examined and cross-exa-
mined at great length, in reference to the identity and
the age of the colt, after which
Mr. Baron Alderson said he supposed the horse could
be seen.
The Solicitor-General said they had made an applica-
tion to see the horse and had been refused, although they
had his lordship's order.
Mr. Cockburn.—Yes, because the order was not pro-
perly used.
Mr. Baron Alderson said he thought it was only rea-
sonable that he and the jury should see the horse ; there-
fore he trusted it would be up by to-morrow morning.
Unless the horse was seen, the verdict would certainly be
set aside, whatever should be the verdict. For his own
part, he should like to see the mouth. (Laughter.)
After some discussion between the Solicitor-General
and Mr. Cockburn, on the point of refusal,
Mr. Baron Alderson put it to the jury to say, whether
they did not think it was reasonable that they should see
the horse.
The Foreman said he thought it was and
Mr. Baron Alderson again urged diat the horse must
he seen, and said it would be very much the worse for
the parties if it were not.
Mr. Cockburn.—Very well, my lord.
Mr. Baron Alderson said there would be plenty of time,
as he saw plainly that they should be there for a day or
two. (Laughter.)
The examination of witnesses was then proceeded with ;
finally the court adjourned until next day.

TUESDAY, JCLY 2.

i_intheCoefult
At the sittings of the court this morning, and after
some further evidence bad been adduced, Mr. Baron Al-
derson inquired whether the horse was brought up, so
that it could be examined, when, in reply, it was stated
Running Rein could not be found ; on which Mr. Cock-
burn said he could not proceed further in the case, and
the learned Baron directed a vei diet to be entered for the
defendant.—Mr. Cockburn here admitted that his client,
Mr. Wood, had been deceived, for he had been no party
to the fraud.—The learned Baron said he was surprised
that English noblemen should associate with such charac-
ters; they must be aware that they would be plundered.
lorf.
Queen's Justice
By this decision, Orlando will be proclaimed the win-
ner of the Derby, and lonian will be placed second.
and P l
during the day with sporting men, a ace-yard ap.
peared to have for once exchanged characters with Tat-
Tile approaches to Westminster l were thronged
themselves at every turn, instead of wigs and gowns and
tersall's : Newmarket coats and knowing faces presenting
grave-looking lawyers.
Erskine, Mr. Serjcant Atcherley has been appointed to
0 thempA
N indispositiony
go the Oxford Circuit along with Lord Chief Justice
Tindal.
Bench, on Friday, Messrs. Halifax, Glyn and Co.
bankers, brought an action to recover thewhole the
city
of the sum of £1137 from the defend , or a part
I.P. for Armagh (county) Ireland, defendant, Col. W. Verner,
connexion as shareholder, with the in consequence of his
Company, of no very
Thin ce.:ncsaesquCenoci ofC
distant Talacre Coal and Iron
verdict for the
defendant. notoriety. The jury gave a

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indictment against Lord Ashburton, and Messrs. Baring
Brothers, for a conspiracy to inflict an injury on Mr.
Kinder, with respect to an estate in Mexico, purchased
jointly by Mr. Kinder, and them, so long ago as the year
1525. The means which the defendants were charged
with employing to effect that purpose, was bribing mem-
bers of the Mexican Congress to secure the passing of a
law preventing foreigners from holding landed property
in Mexico. It will be rerumbered that Lord AFhbu.ton
was arrested on ti.is charge, and held to bail on the event
of his special mis-ion to America. The jury, after 20
roit.o es' consultation, rettuned a verdict of not guilty.