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      University Of London. A Committee Of The...

      With regard to the second proposal , the committee are anxious to meet the wishes of the graduates , but they hope that this may be done by means of a convocation of a more limited number , and with more definite purposes and powers . They recommend"That the Senate . propose to Mr . Secretary Walpole the creation of a convocation , consisting of all the masters of arts , of all . who have been , are , or shall be university scholars , and of the senior half of the doctors in medicine , and the fifty senior graduates in law . " That the convocation meet de jure twice a-year , with power at each such meeting to adjourn once only ; that it receive communications from the Senate , and address to them any suggestions and observations which it may think advisable .

      " That the Senate be empowered to summon , whenever it thinks fit , an extraordinary meeting , and be required to do so on the occasion being pointed out by the committee of graduates—the surrender or acceptance of a charter . And that in such extraordinary meetings the convocation discuss only the propositions submitted to it by the Senate . And we recommend that the surrender or acceptance of a charter be the only act as to which the concurrence of convocation , either in its ordinary or in its extraordinary meetings , be necessary . "

      To the last proposal the committee feel that there are decisive objections . They believe that the presence at the same board of persons appointed on tbe opposite principles of royal nomination and popular election is generally injurious . As the universit y is mainly supported by the State , the minister is , therefore , responsible for the proper application of the money , and is in duty bound to select the fittest persons to form the governing body of the university . "We believe , however , " they continue , " that the Senate would derive advantage from the presence of graduates

      who have had the experience of the university examinations , and who are intimately acquainted with the feelings of their own body . We believe , also , that the prospect of a seat in the Senate , to be obtained by honourable exertion , would be a useful stimulus both to our graduates and to our undergraduates . We are of opinion , therefore , that it whould be advisable that the Senate should , in their answer to Mr . Secretary Walpole , suggest the propriety of from time to time selecting graduates to fill vacancies in the Senate , and of adding to the Senate three graduates forthwith . "

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      Royal Dispensary For Diseases Of The Ear...

      ROYAL DISPENSARY FOR DISEASES OF THE EAR . The thirty-fifth annual meeting of this institution was held lately at the Dispensary in Dean-street , Sohosquare . Among the gentlemen present were the Rev . William Brock , S . Richards , M . D ., Messrs . J . F . Clarke , Falkner , Cole , Cobbe , Cooper , Reynard , & c . The Rev . William Brock was voted to the chair . The Report stated tbat during the past year , 1029 patients had been received , of whom 335 were cured , 193 were relieved , 502 remained under treatment . The patients consisted generally of clerks , needlewomen , domestic ! servants , artisans , distressed foreigners , soldiers , sailors , and police , who have received advice and assistance from the medical officer , Mr . Harvey , to whom , by bis devoted attention and care , tbe institution is indebted for its success . The chief causes of loss of heariinr

      were living m confined or damp localities , intemperance , want of cleanliness , out of door exercise , insufficient or adulterated food , wet feet or clothes , sleeping in damp beds or rooms . While theses causes of deafness remained , it was impossible for the medical man to do more than mitigate the symptoms . Tbe Report concluded hy stating that the funds had been augmented of lute , although not commensurate , with the great increase of applicants for relief ; acknowledged a legacy of a bundled guineas left from tbe late Joseph Roberts , Esq ., and the ready acquiescence of the clergy to aid the charity . A vote of thanks was passed to

      Mr . Harvey , the surgeon , for his attention and care fo the patients ; also to the Rev . Chairman for presiding at the meeting , who acknowledged the compliment , expressed bin determination to aid the charity , and , in closing the proceedings , begged to observe , " that if was universally found that , by attending to ' one' thing great and good results invariably followed ; he sincerely _hoj > ed for the . success of the institution , and felt that thi ! blessings of Providence would attend fhe exertions of those who supported and encouraged such an useful , important , and deserving institution . " The meeting then separated .

      A Steamer Run Down On Tiik River. Tun Ru...

      A STEAMER RUN DOWN ON TIIK RIVER . Tun Ruvoiisbourne , an Antwerp steamer , Captain Macon , ran down the Duchess of Kent , a - Margate steamer ; on Thursday . The following particularH of tho _suddeii and awful catastrophe , gathered on tho spot af Iho time if took place , may ho relied on . If appears that the _Ravensboiirne was steaming down the river with full tide iu her favour immediatel y in the wake of , and just on I he starboard side of the Meteor , _Umvcsond steam-bout , and arrived nearly opposite North-llccl , l _' oiiit about two o ' clock . On Hearing fhe point , the . Duchess of Kent , Margate steamer , ' was coining up fhe river against , lido and hugging-the southern shore—the tide running very strongly . The Ravensbourne was about three parts over the river on tho Kent

      A Steamer Run Down On Tiik River. Tun Ru...

      shore , and as she approached Northfleet Point , appeared to take the starboard tack , and as she neared the Duchess of Kent coming up , the latter crossed , apparently with the object of passing between the Ravensbourne and theMeteor , when , in an instant , consequent on the heavy way on large and powerful steamers like the Ravensbourne , and on her having the tide with her , and . being in full steam , at . the moment , before the Duchess of Kent could cross her she ran into her bows about twonty feet from her figure-head , or just before the windlass on the starboard bow . The crash was frightful , and the Duchess of Kent was found to have her starboard bow stove in , and nearly cut in two . She immediately began to fill and to commence sinking , bows foremost . The scene _anions the passengers , a large

      number of whom were ladies with children , is described as truly frigbtful . A rush was made en masse to the after part of the vessel , and women with children were seen clinging to various parts of the sinking ship . The captain of the Ravensbourne , finding that the Duchess of Kent was rapidly sinking , backed his vessel , and the rush made by the passengers of the Duchess of Kent to get on board of her was dreadful . Women , with children in their arms , became so frantic that they absolutely rushed , in their fright , to the still sinking part of the ship , and at this moment the Meteor arrived alongside , and the passengers and crew of the sinking steamer were literally dragged on board of her , and the Ravensbourne , with one exception . This was a gentleman named Hale , a brewer of Broadstairs , Isle of

      Thanet , who , being infirm , and remaining on his seat , went down with the vessel , which sank , bows first , almost perpendicularly , the keel being lifted as she sank twenty or thirty feet out of the water . The captain of the Duchess of Kent was , with the exception of Mr . Hale , the last to leave his ill-fated vessel . Mr . Hale , although unable to assist himself from infirmity , while on board the vessel , the moment he reached the water struck out and kept afloat until rescued by one of the boats lowered from the Meteor . The scene of consternation which prevailed after the Duchess of Kent had sunk , both on board the Ravensbourne as well as the Meteor , can be better imagined than described . Mothers , fathers , husbands , and wives , who had become separated , some being

      taken on board the Ravensbourne , others on board the Topaz , which had also arrived at the moment the Duchess of Kent went down , were to be seen running about in the most frantic manner , making inquiries as to the safety of their relatives . One lady on board the Meteor was in a most frightful state of excitement , stating that she had left her two children asleep in the cabin , and was on deck at the moment the vessel struck , and had not seen or been _ableto glean any tidings of them . It is also stated that at the moment of the collision nearly the whole of ... the passengers ( about 70 in number ) were on deck ; but it is believed there were a few in the fore-eabin ; and , as there are some still missing , it is feared they may have gone down with the vessel .

      An Aristocratic Swindler. The Hon. Willi...

      AN ARISTOCRATIC SWINDLER . The Hon . William O'Brien Fitzgerald , alias William Bennett Sothers , underwent his trial , at the Dover quarter sessions , on Friday , for obtaining various sums of money to tbe extent ol 870 L , from a gentleman named Payne , a solicitor at Dover , under fraudulent pretences . The case excited very great interest , and amongst those on the bench was the Right Hon . the Earl of Carlisle . The prisoner bud the appearance ot a foreigner , and was well attired . His wife claimed the title of Lady Emily Fitzgerald , and represented that she was the widow of Count Elf / a that her mother

      was related to the ninth Duke of Norfolk , and her name was Lady Ann Isabella Howard , and that her father was General William O ' Brien Kitzgerald , of the Guards . Such statements were false . The _prisoner was formerly a member of fhe Stock Exchange . Some four oi - live years ago , the prosecutor was residing with his children at Fyefhorne , and while there he became acquainted with the prisoner and his wife . In the course of last August , he received a letter from them . Roth were confined in a prison at Pan , in the south of France , ut the , base , of the Pyrenees . The letter stated that they had fallen into un awful predicament , from

      the negligence ot their agent , who bad tailed to remit them 3000 / . ; that they hud the misfortune to lose IKOOf . on their journey ; and that , about , 400 / . would set , them right . The prosecutor proceeded to the Continent , anil found them prisoners , as they had described , in the prison of Pan . They there informed him as to their family connexions . They stated that Lady Emily was fhe daughter of Lieut . General Sir William O'Brien Kitzgcrald , formerly of the Guards , & . c , and that , tbey were known fo fhe Earl of Carlisle and fhe Duke af Sutherland . The Sutherland children , she said , visited her mother ' s , but , in consequence , of their

      marriage not , being sanctioned by Lady Emily ' s parents , fhe friendly intercourse with the Sutherland family had fallen off . " Lady" Emily added Unit her husband ' s mother waus the Princess Cusfuglio _| ii . They had been confined in prison more than twelve months , having been denounced as swindlers . Finding they were suffering great , misery , prosecutor paid 450 / . for their debts , and 240 / . as security to the Court , of Appeal for their appearance when required . lie pleaded for them uf the Court of Appeal , and obtained tbeir liberty . He then brought fhem to Dover , and supported litem . 'Ihey then asked him for 40 / ., to go fo tho north of England , fo see some relations , from whom

      An Aristocratic Swindler. The Hon. Willi...

      they said they would soon get some money to repay him . The money was advanced , they went away , and nothing more was heard about them . Their representations about being connected with high families and their agents were discovered to be untrue , and in the course of some seven or ei g ht months they were apprehended at Barnard Castle , near Durham . In the prisoner ' s box ' was a . letter dated July , 1850 , from tbe Earl Powis to Lady Emily , which had contained 100 ? . sent to their relief . The Right Hon . the Earl of Carlisle gave evidence that his family were unacquainted with the prisoner or his wife , and that their representations of being related to the Norfolk family was perfectly false .

      The jury found the prisoner guilty ; but he said he was innocent of the charge . He could have put some questions to the noble lord who had been examined which would have readily acquitted him of false representations , but he refrained from doing so for the sake of Lady Emily ' s family . The prisoner was sentenced to transportation for seven years .

      Miscellaneous Prince Albert, With The Pr...

      MISCELLANEOUS Prince Albert , with the Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred , privately visited Albert Smith ' s " Ascent of Mont Blanc , " on Monday morning . Rauparaha , a chief of certain New Zealand tribes , was presented to the Queen at the Privy Council held on Wednesday . The Queen and Prince .. Albert received news by electric telegraph , on Tuesday evening , of the death of Count Mensdorff Pouilly , who died at Vienna , in his seventysixth year , on the evening of the 28 th June , after a protracted illness . Count Mensdorff had married the eldest sister of the late Duke of Saxe Coburg and Gotha , of the Duchess of Kent , and the King of the Belgians , and was consequently a maternal uncle of her Majesty , and paternal uncle to Prince -Albert .

      The Princess Gauromma , whose christening took place on Wednesday , in Buckingham Palace , has , by an agreement between the ex-Rajah of Coorg , on the one hand , and the Board of Control and the Board of Directors of the East India Company , on the other , been placed under Her Majesty's protection , to be educated in the principles of th _. o Church of England in this country , and that her Majesty has appointed Mrs . Drummond to take charge of her . SJb . e was one of tho most interesting among the spectators at the prorogation of Parliament . Charmingly dressed , with a little green tunic , flowing white trousers , and silver slippers , she evinced the utmost interest in all that took place , and conversed gaily with the ladies who took care of her .

      Ministers partook ot their annual white-bait dinner at the Crown and Sceptre , Greenwich . There were presentthe Earl of Derby , Lord St . Leonards , Earl Lonsdale , Marquis of Salisbury , Earl Malmesbury , Earl Desart , Duke of Northumberland , Lord Colchester , Earl Hardwicke , Lord Colvillc , Duko of Montrose , Marquis of Exeter , Earl Jersey , Lord Crofton , Earl Sandwich , Earl Talbot , Earl _Roslyn , Mr . G . Bankes , Mr . W . Beresford , Mr . 11 . A . Christopher , Mr . B . Disraeli , Captain the Hon .

      A . Duncombe , Colonel lorester , Viscount Galway , Mr . G . A . f _familton , Lord C . Hamilton , Mr . J . C . Hcrries , Mr . J . W . Henley , Sir W . Jolliffe , Sir Fitzroy Kelly , Hon . W . S . l \ _. iH ) s , Lord Henry Lennox , Viscount Mandevillo , Lord John Manners , Mr . W . Forbes Mackenzie , Viscount Newport , Sir John Pukington , Mr . Augustus Stafford , Lord Stanley , Sir F . Thesiger , Sir John Trollope , Sir J . E , Tennent , and Mr . S . It . Walpole . The party went , from 11 ungerford to the tavern by tbe Waterman steamer No . 2 , in twenty-live minut . es . Tbe , Attorney-General presided .

      Prince Albert Has Several Times During T...

      Prince Albert has several times during the past week acted as colonel commanding at tbe morning drill of the Foot Guards , in Hyde Park . As be was in the uniform of the Guards , the incident was not much noticed . Military journalists say that tbe Prince handled the brigade in a very steady and skilful manner .

      The Archbishop Of Canterbury Presided Ov...

      The Archbishop of Canterbury presided over tho distribution of prizes at King ' s College , on Tuesday . Sir Roderick lmpoy Murohison has been elected a trustee of the British Museum , to till the vacancy occasioned by the decease of the late Earl of Derby . It is staled that Mr . Lumloy has commenced an action against Mr . Gye , laying his damages at 30 , <) 00 / ., and that ; the Attorney and Solicitor-General are retained for tho plaint ill ' . On Monday morning Rear Admiral Mauley Hall Dixon struck his flag at Quoenstown , and the Channel fleet , under the command of Admiral Corry , saluted the new flag of Rear Admiral Purvis .

      The Piircell commemoration was held on Thursday , at the morning service in Westminster Abbey . The music performed was all _I'lin-ell ' _s , and the choir was assisted by several admirers bf the composer . A deputation of common-law clerks waited upon Sir . lobn I _' att . eson on Wednesday for tho purpose of presenting him , upon his retirement , \ Vifh a valuable silver inkstand , as a testimonial of their res | _$ _Cr . t and esteem . A large number of persons went , last Sunday to tho chapel where Dr . Acbilfi has for some time officiated , expecting to _heivv in bin tte _. riuoii wmw nlluaion to his late trial , or to the circumstances leading to it . The chapel , however , had been ( dosed for above a month . If is a small , unpretending looking building , near Broad-street , Golden-square , in a neighbourhood where Italians abound . The charges recently made against Dr . Achilli so diminished

  • Citation
    • Leader (1850-1860), July 3, 1852, page 10, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_03071852/page/10/