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tieth yeal' of the mlnlsifatiou of tlie Lord Bishop in Canada, it was 

 proposed to conimemo:atellie event by founding in Trinity College a 

 Scholarship to be denominated " The Bishop Straehan Jubilee Scho- 

 larship," vahie £30 a year for which purpose the sum of £50(1 was 

 propi sed to be raised by subscription. A subscription list was im- 

 mediately opened, and the amount was subscribect in the room. 



At the meeting of the friends of the College which was held after 

 the installalion, it was decided to raise at once by voluntary subscrip- 

 tion the further sura of £5,000 in aid of the funds of Trinity College, 

 and the sum of two thousand pounds was subscribed before evening. 

 Since then we understand the subscription list is fast filling up. — 

 British Canadian. 



SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE. 



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the building of the Observatory at Toronto, as a residence 

 for the officer in charge, ------ 



To the Literary and Historical Society at Quebec, as an aid 

 for the removal of their Library and Museum, 



To the Natural History Society at Montreal, towards their build- 

 ing --• 



Towards to the establishment of an Experimental Farm at 

 Toronto, .......-- 



University C liege, Toronto. 



The following appointments hare been made by His Excellency the 

 Governor General, m University College, Toronto : — 



"J. Bradford Cherriman, Esq., M. A., Fellow of St. John's College, 

 Cambridge, to be Professor of Natural Philosophy in University Col- 

 lege, Toronto. 



" Daniel Wilson, Esq., L . L. D., Honorary Secretary of the Society of 

 Antiquaries in Scotland, to be Professor of History and English Lite- 

 rature in University CoUege, Toronto. 



" The Rev. William Hineks, F. L. S., Professor of Natural History in 

 Queen's College, Cork, to be Professor of Natural History in University 

 College, Toronto. 



" Edward J. Cliapman, Esq., Professor of Mineralogy in University 

 College, Loudon, to be Professor of Geology and Mineralogy in Uni- 

 versity College, Toronto. 



" James Forneri Esq., L. L. D., to be Professor of Modem Languages 

 in University College, Toronto. 



Qovernment aid to various Institittions for the adva?icement of knowledge in 



Canada East and West, 1853. 



Aid to the Literary and Historical Society at Quebec, - - 50 



do Natural History Society, Montreal, - - - 50 



do Mechanics' Institute at Quebec, - - - - 50 



do same at Mouti'eal, ------ 50 



do same at Kingston, --.-.. 50 



do same at Toronto, -------50 



do same at London, Canada West, - - - - 50 



do same at Niagra, --...-.50 



do same at Hamilton, ------ 50 



do same at Belleville, ------ 50 



do same at Brookville, ------ 50 



do same at Bytown, ------.50 



do same at Cobourg -------50 



do same at Perth, ------.50 



do same at Picton, ------.50 



do same at Guelph, ----...50 



do same at St. Thomas ------ 50 



do same at Brantford, ------ 50 



do same at Catherines, ------ 50 



do same at Goderich, ------ 50 



do same at Whitby, ------.50 



do same at Three Rivers, ------ 50 



do same at Simcoe, -------50 



do same at Woodstock, ------ 50 



do sa7ne in the County of Peel, ----- 50 



do same at Port Sarnia, ------ 50 



do same at Chatham, ------ 50 



do same in the County of Hal ton, - - - - 50 



do same in the County of Ontario, - - - - 50 



do same at Port Hope, ------ 50 



do Athenaium at Toronto, - - - - - .100 



do Huron Library Association and Mechanics' Institute 50 



do Teachers' Association at Quebec, for their Library,- 50 



do Canadian Institute at Toronto, - - - . 250 



do Canadian Institute Quebec, ----- 50 



do Canadian Institute, to their Library, - - - IQO 



do Academie ludustrieUe de St. Laureut, for the years 



1852 and 1853, at £150 per annum - - 300 



do Academie Industrielle, towards their building - 150 



For the re-organization and temporary maintenance of the Sci- 

 entific Observatory at Toronto 2000 



To reimburse Captain Lefroy, in charge of the Magnetical Ob- 

 servatory, the value of certain additions made by him to 



Gold in Engl.and. — At a late meeting of the Poltimore Copper and 

 Gold Mining Company, the result of the reduction of 50 tons of aurife- 

 rous gossan, from the mine, was pi educed to the meeting in the shape 

 of a piece of pure gold weighing 26)o ounces. The loUowiug is the 

 postscript to the report of Messrs. Rawlins <fe Watson, at whose works 

 the auriferous gossan was reduced : — • 



P.S. — In order that tlie company may have additinnaldata for form- 

 ing an opinion respecting the value of the gossan, we add that v.-e are 

 willing to undertake the reduction of the red ore, containing the same 

 proportion of gold as the lot we have reduced, and return to the com- 

 pany 1 oz. of gold per ton of dry ore, free of all smelting charges ; or 

 we should be willing to give at the rate of £4 4s. per ton of dry ore. 

 Now, assuming that the cost of the raising and carriage of the ore 

 would amount to at>out £1 per ton, this would cause a nett proiit of 

 £900 per week, or upwards of £46,000 per annum, and this from auri- 

 ferous ore alone, irrespective of any copper or other lodes. 



As a proof of our confidence in the undertaking, Ave now take the 

 500 shares in the company which were placed at our disposal — R.cfeW. 



The Fine Auts in Finland. — At Helsingfors, say the foreign jour- 

 nals, has just been opened au Exhibition of the l*ine Arts — the first 

 that ever took place in Finland. Of fifty-two pictures which compose 

 il, forty are by native artists : — a fact sufticienlly noticeable in a coun- 

 try where but a few years ago so little was known of Art that the very 

 street sign-boards were imported fi'oni abroad. It is also noticeable, 

 that of these forty about two-thirds are the works of fourteen young 

 ladies, nearly all of the old nobility of Finland. 



Coloured Snow, Rain, and Hail. — In the New York Jonrnal 0, 

 Commerce, of the 2ud ult., an extract is given from the Boiion Journal 

 in which it is mentioned that a fall of black snow occurred at Walpole 

 N. H., on the 30th March. The account forwarded to Boston was writ- 

 ten with a solution of the snow as it fell, and had the appearance of 

 having been written with pale black ink. It is also mentioned in the 

 /ourna/ ')/" C'omfncTfc of the above date, that after the prevalence of a 

 rain storm in Cincinnati, in the latter part of March, the pavements 

 throughout tlie entile city were found to be strewn with a yellow sub- 

 stance resembling sublimate of sulphur, but which was asccitained on 

 examination, to consist of pollen of flowers, wafted by the winds fi'om 

 a tropical region to the north. Many earth worms were likewise de- 

 posited on the pavements by the same rain. This yellow rain extended 

 also to Louisville, Iventucky. 



Mock Suns. — The following accounts of this rare phenomenon, ob- 

 served on two successive days, February 14th and 15th, at two place 

 in England, are taken from letters addressed to the Times by the 

 respective observers, Mr. Emerie S. Berkeley, of King's Clilfe, Wands- 

 ford, Northamptonshire ; and Mr. John Thornton, of Kimbolton, Hunts. 

 The latter says : — 



" About a quarter past 12 p. m., this day, (Feb. 14), my attention was 

 called to a beautiful appearance of four parhelia, situated at different 

 points, of a great circle of briglit light, parallel with the horizon, and 



Eassiug through the sun. Ai'ound the sun was a vertical arcli of white 

 ght, in breadth about one-third the diameter of the sun, and at the 

 intersection (;f this circle with the horizontal one tlie two must southerly 

 parhelia were situated ; these were very brilliant, of a fawn colour 

 towards the sun, and of a violet white on the remote side ; the two 

 more northerly parlielia were much fainter. There was at the same 

 time in the zenith a beautiful circular ring, not very distinct towards 

 the North, but shewing brilliant prismatic colours towards the South. 

 The diameter of this ring, wliich was horizontal, was apparently the 

 same as that of the vertical circle in which the two most southerly 

 parhelia were situated. From further observations, taken at 2.45, r.ji., 

 the angle between the parhelia was 48°.20'. At the same time the 

 angle between the sun and the nearest point of the prismatic ring in 

 the zenith, was 47°. The 'air was very keen during the day, and at 

 10 a. jl, the thermometer stood at 28 F., in the house." 



The other account says : — 



"At 12 o'clock this morning I perceived on either side of the sun 



