" Government," says the Athenaeum, " has at last consented tq sanction a new degree—Doctorship of Science. This is truly wise and gracious. London University will very soon be able to grant the new scientific degree; and we presume that Oxford and Cambridge—especially Cambridge—will in due time follow the good example." Formerly it was usuaTto send a present from the Queen to any poor man's wife who had three children at a birth. The wife of a railway porter at Canterbury, named Legg, a short time since had three children, and the Rev. Mr. Hollands, vicar, of St. Dunstan's, ee^t a statement of the fact, to the proper .quarter. Last week she received, through Cotenel Phipps, £6 from the Queen.
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Colonist, Issue 73, 2 July 1858, Page 3
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Colonist, Issue 73, 2 July 1858, Page 3
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