The Wilmingtonian., 1824-04-15
From the Peter,burgh Inselligcnccr.
MIR. RANDOLPH.

MT. nALNbplis ti'
We regret to state that MIR. John Ran !
dolnh. Nj. G. lately sustained considerable
,oss in consequence of about 40 hhds.
nri;ne Tobacco ofhis last CROP being slcanl-
,pd on its way by water from this place to
i,;chmond. What doubtless added no little
IA the vexaton maturity caused by this
accident, was the circumstances that the
rraft employe,l was an old Gun Boat /; to
which species Of vessel it is known that
Mr.. Randolph has always entertained as
.reat an antipahy, as is expressed by
Shokspeares Richard iii. towards the
syiders that crossed his path in dream.
Mr.. r. having visited Richmond on Satur-
tav, is reported to have said. That he al.
WAYS had a pre,cntlment that he should
oneday come toso,ne i'll by one ofthose gun
Boats" lie, however, good-humoredly told
the surrounding purchasers, "'hat he knew
they were all opposed to the TariIf-there-
fore. they must make haste an,i give hln a
good price for his Tobacco, that he might
90 back to Washington to vote against it."
We hope he will not only vote, but weld
the broad-sword Of his eloquence against
the "huge misshapen" monster. MIR. KS
price for his Tobacco was Sl0-he receiv-
ed for it in its damaged state 80 $3.50
that his loss may be- estimated.
SPLENDID CHURCH.-The Montreal
papers state that preparations are making
to erect a magnificent Roman Catholic
Cathedral, surprising in splendor and
mornitude any ecclesia,tical cdificc on
the continent of North America. 1t will
be strictly and purely gothic, after the best
model extant, will hold ten thousand wor-
shippers. and cost four hundred thousand
doiiars. lis length is to be 253 teet--
breadth l52. with two towers in front each
900 feet in height, and it is to have seven
affairs, the high altar at the east, behind
which is to be great window - leet by
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Origin Of Cambridge University Eng.
Bennington, in his literary history OF the
Middle Ages, gives the following 'nteres-
ting account Of the origin Of the above in
sttution.
"From the rayages of the Danes, and the
insults of the first Normans, this Nursery
had long lain in obscurity and neglect. 1t
revived about the year 100, when Henry
I was on the throne and the circumstan-
ccs Of the event are distinctly marked ny
contemporary writer's. That it was prevl-
ously in state approaching to that OF to-
tai extinction, will appear from the follow
inr brief account. Joftret, Abbot of Croy.
land, intending to rebuild his monastery
which had been lately destroyed by lire
sent Master Gislcbert, with three Other
monks, to the manor Cottenham, near Cam
bridge. They are said to have been able
scholars; skilled in philosophical theorem'
and other sciences. They went every day
to Cambridge hired harm, in which they
gave public lectures. The barn in shur
time, could not contain the great concourss
of scholars, when they were dispersed ove'
different quarters of the town, and brother
Odo, an excellent grammarlan and sat'rist
read grammar, early in the morning, to thi
boys and younger students, according t'
prisciin and Remiglous his commenta
Tor. At one O'Clock, brother ferr'cus, al
acute sophist, read Aristotle's logic to th'
elder class, according to the cnmmentare
Of Porphyry and Averoes. At three pro
ther William gave lectures on Tully'
ithetorick and Quintllian's institutions
while master Gi,lebert, who should hav,
said, was professor of Theology, not under
standing English, but very expert in tn
Latin and French languages, preached t.
the people on Sundays and holidays. Win
the circumstance of Master Gislebert's no
being understood by the people, qnallhe
him for a preacher is not explained:
Thus concludes the historian from thl
small source. which has swollen into
great river we now behold the city of Go
made glad and all England rendered frui
inl by many teachers and doctors issuin
from Cambridge as from most holy par;
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COMBINATION or INDIANS.
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