UNIVERSITY HONOURS. UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD. Rotton, William. Wadham. Christ Church. Bateman, Rowland L. J. New College. Shand, Thomas H. R. Brasenose. Cox, George W. Trinity. Dart, Charles L. Exeter. Sidebottom, Alfred K. Stanton, Charles H. Balliol. Turrell, Henry J. Lincoln. Wharton, Joseph C. Worcester. CLASSIS IV. Oriel. White, Lewis B. Queen's. Willis, Charles F. Corpus. CLASSIS III. Aitken, Charles S. St. John's. Arnold, Edward P. Balliol. Bosworth, Frederick W. Merton. Baumgartner, Charles A. O. Charsley, William H. St. Mary's Hall. Evans, Gowen E. Lincoln. Hampden, Edward R. New Inn Hell. Heelis, John. Queen's. Parkinson, Charles L. Brasenose. Richardson, William B. University. UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE. EXAMINATIONS. MATHEMATICAL TRIPOS, 1848. Moderators {George Gabriel Stokes, M. A., Pembroke. Thomas Gaskin, M.A., Jesus. William Nathaniel Griffin, M. A., St. John's. Examiners Charles Octavus Budd, M. A., Pembroke. TRIALS, LAW CASES, &c. THE SPECIAL COMMISSION.—IRELAND. HE fearful state of assassina Tthe fearful state which had for some time past converted the southern counties of Ireland into an Aceldama (some of the more striking incidents of which are recorded in the Chronicle as they occurred) rendered an extraordinary degree of vigour on the part of the Executive desirable, as well for restoring confidence and security to the welldisposed, and to punish the perpetrators of these diabolical acts, as to teach the Irish people by examples too terrible to be mistaken, that the law cannot be invaded without risk, and that its punishments are not only certain but terrible. For this purpose, as the speedy punishment of offenders is ever the most effectual repression of crime, the Government directed a Special Commission to issue to try offenders in those districts in which the bonds of social order were most relaxed. LIMERICK. The Special Commission for the county of Limerick was opened by the Right Honourable Chief Justice Blackburne, and the Right Honourable Chief Baron Pigot, on the 4th January. A special jury consisting of some of the principal resident gentry of the county was summoned, and it is a proof of how much confidence was restored by the mere announcement of vigorous measures, that all these gentlemen attended without any exception. After the Grand Jury were sworn, The Chief Justice addressed them as follows:-" Gentlemen of the Grand Jury of the county of Limerick,-You are apprized by Her Majesty's Commission, and by the oath you have taken, that you are now about to perform your part in the administration of the criminal law of the country. Your duty, at all times of importance, must be regarded with peculiar interest and with deep anxiety at a crisis of great public danger. Her Majesty has called upon her subjects to assist in vindicating the violated laws of the land, and to be themselves the instruments of restoring to the country the blessings of order and tranquillity. That we are in such a crisis there is, unfortunately, no reason to doubt. The Legislature, by an Act of Parliament which has recently received the Royal Assent, and become the law of Ireland, contains a recital in these words :'Whereas, in consequence of the prevalence of crime and outrage in certain parts of Ireland, it is necessary to make provision for the better prevention thereof.' His Excellency the Lord-Lieutenant has, in the execution of the power committed to him by that Act, issued his proclamation, with the advice and assistance of the Privy Council, by which the whole of your county, together with very extensive districts in Ireland, is made subject to the provisions of :- |