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Navel Codets—Johu Mhotl , Joint 'Envy, mud P. P. I.ltxmore, to the hoansawn. Clerk In Ultartte--Williem Thom (1014 to the It. tiew , lete PO. to the MVO' ;1.1111. i.5. , 1 1 / 1 0111 (11Kriji to the /Nosh fr.% ilnibtrsitg lintelligtnce. "X1•01:1). THE, unexpected ilcuuse of the Pei. Hiehard flaring ton, 101).. Principal of Itrafietiose College, has created a gloom not only autollg the nietialieni of this vieiety, lint throughout the univeraity. Ilaringt on, third on of the late Sir .1. E. Ilarington, Wilpt all relive utngil4- t.tate of the C.lllll, and took a leading part in all matters relating to the prosperity, awl affecting the intorestk, of the colutl and irdiveraity. Ilia remains are h. IN• interred on the Inth, gaol, in accordance with the statiltable regialationa of the IN wiety, the elem.' of his $4111.4.1.1/64 or will take place on the Yith ilea Until after the funeral we feel le-mired that delicacy will prevent 'my gentleman eligible for the office front allowing himself to be •ed as a eanili date awl we feel I . 4llllj4telit that the 111)111114 or those line)) tnetuliers of the college alio have Weis mentioned in the &illy papers an Is' be elgusell have !well 111/14 , 114 belibre the 11111111 e pith t eminent on their part. 'flit: Vice- Principal 1 \I r. Chaffers 1, whip has nerved us proetiir aud public 1 . 10011 l 11l . I * , mid 111111 y c. alx 11111 , 1 acted as Keisigtr titt.ir 4if the voillege, will, 11111 ii the election of the principal, superintend its affairs. The Rev. M.A., of Sidney fluasex College, Cambridge, has Inv, aulmilled"ll4l C 111111 1 .171 ." The following were conferrell on the 9th inst., via.:— %/..4.- inert Itov. I I enry Holbert Pak enliniit, I I 1 . , ..de.lar. I 'ln% erattv ; enrge Jelin final, I ; I.li. wise I '..e.wk 01 ; I reileriek ; mite.. .‘tklitvon. 41.11.01i11% FA e'er ; .i 141114,4 I'l 110•Ifinli, (Oriel ; 'Fianna* Will • Falcon, s I.4 l iwete.' ; 1.7 d .1 Henry 1.11.4411 %V 111..., 9114,1114 . ; 11., 110 km, ; lei 'rm. William lint 1.0., *11'1.4 ; I 'hail., Willimii K 'age dal - . 'rill' it ; I I ry lai lier daelnion, Trwity ; .1441111 Ilernard I telireisa, selielar, . .1. 'tufa ; Tliiiinar !it. ; Frederie m. 0.., 4 1 1 , s e i,,,bir, Rxdhtrm; 'Reginald !dell Edward.. %Vinl loam ; iain h lint , Wadliain ; ieerge Custom 'lle selinlar, ; I envy !twig.' I all el. •eititlitr, 1'.1.11.11 Ike ; Stephen hie,'.ln.r,.•%hi -I.iti44u.•r, ;.1 mem 'l' 4 . , I 'endiri : Man" - Nl' we. ; din I I and, Wee...... 1 ; Thom.' I I ... Learey, St. Nlary• ARTHEMATIC.II, 41.15 g I.lsT. I 110.1' MIMIC EA %MIN %TlON.—Mli'll EI.MAII TrAlll, WAG. ; 1'684110.M Fimiktirr, efitimmtwr, l'..iiihroke; I...aer t4ell.llmr. 1.1tic. , 111; John 1 5 1.11gliiN .1* ,Wlllohit, Trinity. la.. I I. — A Mho ow sho r t, hih m . tiodeofho, it; the Selowl t.e fithematiets.--.litmest rteiiry rrachaol,tano , Mr. Collin, co tttt 111,110* of Woreemler College, rout Dl r. Pike, King's tollele School, have beelt fleeted to tilt' vacant seholarabilma at Ilnawaose Mr. Churl.., Musgrave Bull, 11-1., anti aeltolar lovrit vii eted it fellow of the Name college o n the Percy hoandation. I,4)Nin)N. The works selected by the enaiiiiiters of the I'iiiversity of !melange fur the ex; tttt ination in logic and in moral tool in intelleei vial philosophy, for the degree of duehor gel medi cine, ti N' the year IPes-1, are—in bogie. Itiuson's " Sovinsi liwttiiint," part I. ; in philosophy of the mind, Cousin's " Analysis of Locke's EgSIIV (the third vul of ( . 4111.411 . s " Conrs 114. 1.10111.111111ie ") ; in MUM! " Analogy," putt 1., mid Steuarem of Mural EToN. Thu elttipter of Elms weeded on Tto.m.l i o. to the rivelitill ill w 1111'w fells OW Is. till the turanev va11..4..1 by the 41entle of the Rev 1 •4 braves. There ON' tiVI . 114,11. 1111. of 111111111 t h e :eV. C. lttnr mit% dilly elected itlipssieitittetit 115.4iMa11a.11111114,131411i1l iu the I.ower Sehtiol hceome, 511.5111 i. fultsiastical. ritErrittslEN'ES ANII .% I'VoINTNIENTs. 111 e !Irv. Andrea Matthem... M.A., to the It e ,toty of 6111 11 10 y, near Market 111014 , 111.10411. I i .11.1. e. The Ite‘. .1. M. Nla‘tiel.l, NI.A.. tie Vi, arave e,f Son‘ell, with l'otrltost-onTrent nettle‘e.l, tivier NV% The 11..%. lou. t.. Ow o f I• B l..toek, near niftily:4"H, 4 50 11 m, 4 11. fha 11tv..1..101411 , 011 Cott ALA.. 10 illy clowletiney of St. t•hot eh, to the Chunel. or i iiglwnd l'emetery, The Ite‘. C. A. 'ammo', M.A.. to he fill.. itual ..f t h e the •ter I tioee...o. 4 The WV. Freeinail 11. 111 , 140 p. II A., to the Itwoh.l. 4 .ll e y o f tirozeley, near Heading. The Itev..l. 11. Wlttle. M.A., to Ow Viearar.e .If Itathvelly, in the sluter.... of 1,1.4. 7 1,h.., The lieu. 11. Scott, M.A., to the reebetolart - of Killettoory, in the 4140ce%t 41 , 040rry. The 1te1..1. A. Kerr, NI. A.. t.. the 4 0v0.•,, tlw lltlhcdral tiourel...f promote. The Iter. it to the ettr.i.y of Tvntl'iolwre , itt tlo. Owee.... of Thotwo. Maw:. to the Iteetor,% at ti.teottult. 'll.t. Rev. .1, l'‘oteett. to he tot of 1.1 onora Cathedral. The Hey. Ilettrt Mono Ff ALA., to the neetory of near va..tle The Hey, W. A. 0tt0.41.y. N1..A., to the Ileetory of Sittallborh, the tier. I'. 11. 601101%, ILA., to the turner of Iltnithori.e, Delo. Holt. The Rev. T. Parr. P.A., to the Curacy of We'brewl. near Har t...tom 11.. It. V. W. Tubb., 11. A., to the rorney of Kt. Alark'•; Church, Omni. The Rol. 11. M. stnythe, 11.1., to the Conley of Great Went. hoot, 'war Wickham Market. 'the lier. A. W. It..yeott M.A., to the ettraey of We't somertoit, pear t.;rert Yarniottla. THE PRESS. The Rey. Richard Piketnate, M.A., to the Vicarage of Wintes would, near Loughborough. The Her. -Woes !falls croft., M.A., to the Vicarauc of Timbers conthe, near I ttttt Somerset. The He. Saniiicl I li.epegood, 8.A., to the lucuutbency of Way- Pall. near c reskerne. The Rev. W. Nl6l%Well 11. A., to the Caney of Kirk Mi hod, Isle of Man. he He N. Janie, !toper Hoare, M.A., to the Curacy of Castle Itretawieh, near ltirwntub.un. fhe IiPV..I. 5. Lauder, ILA., to be Astilstant"Nlinkier of St. catheripie's, near NllAglirtl. Canada West. Th.. Rev. Thomas 6141, up the Stipendiary Curacy of st. Paul's 'hop+. Prineelepark, iixt et lepark. The Rev. John Cliorley Heade, to the Curacy of West Derby, county Lancaster. . _ ..... The Rev. 'Rekord Vance, to the siipeudiary Curacy of St. lurch. West Herby. '1 h.. Bev. Howard England 'l' • liff Gough, to the Stipendiary' ..f St. Slimed Chun+, I.i%erpool. he Bev. Lewis Stanhope Kenny, M.A., to the Stipendiary 'limey of the perk!' churl+ of I Aiwa-arr. The Rev. John Winstatiley Bull, to the Vicarage of North Nottiogloonftliire. The Rec. Isidore LielacisAciu, 8.A., to the Curacy of Wheat,. lien', Norfolk. The liev. Thotuaa Evett., to be Rural Dean of the Deanery of Anicraliatit. The Hee. Ei!ward 'Mortimer 11..1., to the Iteetory of Wrentham in Suffolk. The. Hey. J. P. M.A., to the Vicarage of Bourn, Caw britve4hire. _ _ . The Rev. f:,lmir.l Ilrousell, 11.1).. to the Rectory of Holt, In NII6 VACANCIES. The Itectory Of St. George's, 114.111' Cardiff, by the death of the llnv. G. Traherue, M.A.; worth I . ."sf/. a year, in the gift of Mr. 1.. Traberne. Ily the desalt of Mr. Trahente, the Reetory of St. Hilary, near elvsbriilve, has two one vacant ; in the gift of the I and 'liapter of I.landatf. 'I 1w litemobeatey of Marsden, near Huddersfield, by the pre. 111 OW Rev. J. M. Ntaxtield; worth 2001. a year, in the uitt of Ib•%. Lewitt &w*, M.A.. Vicar of Al Rtry. •I'he Viearaue of Ilerwlek•upon.Tweell, North berlotid, by the death of the Rev. .1. Barnes, M.A. ; woaili ;150/ a year, in the gift of the [lean and Chapter of I►uritans. The Rectory of Ahlford, near Chester, by the death of the Rev. I'. Brandt. M.A.; worth 4001. a year, in the gift of the Marquis of W. stntinster. The Ine Wiley of (Ingot St. Mary's, Caudillolve, lw the pre. Wnnent of the 11 e v. It. Pike Mate, M.A. ; 'Mirth 1:2111. a year, in the gift of the Master awl Fellea of Trinity The Curacy of St. Paid',: District, Preston, Laneashire; worth 104. la year, in the gift of the Hey. So tttttt el Floss! Page, M.A. The Carney of Mt. Mark's Church, Wtoiteeltaiwi, tlioeiue of London • worth 1.2111. a year, in the gift of the Rev. J. L. Its% ies, M . A . , Tito curacy of (needle, Stidforilshire, In the sift of the Rev. Hobert Watt, _ . . . , The Revlon , ot Little Try, near Coggeshall, Essex, by the avail, of the Rev. George Paw mon, ; orth about 1601. a year, in the gift a the Itifthell of Rochester. 111.. Vicarage of Yarrombe. near lioniton, Devon, by the death of the Itec. Nlu. Palmer, D.D. ; worth l'Olt/. n year, in the gift of the 'Fume. Obituarg. THE DEATH OF A LAnv once enjoying no little cele brity in the literary circles of this country was announced last week. Mrs. One died a few days shire at her residence on the Castle Meadow, Nor wich, in the malt year. She was the daughter of the late Dr. Alderson, of Norwich, and the cousin of the present eminent judge, Baron Alderson. In the year I;11s she married John Opie, the celebrated painter, who found in her a judicious adviser and intellectual em smit'. After her mini age, her numerous literary preductions gained her considerable reputation as a novelist, stud she moved in the highest. literary circles. Iler husband was born at St. Agnes, near Truro, in t'oruwall, and at an early age developed an astonishing. talent for art. Dr. Wolcott (Peter Pindar) noticed the dawning genius of the artist, gave hint iastructiona, and afterwards recommended him as a portrait-painter. in 1781 he visited London, and, through the friendly aid of Dr. Wolcott, soon ob tained a high standing in the fashionable world. This was not, however, of long duration. lie acquired celebrity by some picture in the exhibition of the loyal Academy, and those which he painted for the Boyden and :Macklin galleries. lie was admitted an associate of the academy in limn, and an academician in the following year. Ile divided his attention be tween portrait and historical painting, and his portrait of Charles Fox was greatly admired. A memoir in the lives of British painters states, " The ladies who sat for their portraits he found more difficult to deal with than the great leader of the Whigs. There was at first a want of grace and softness in his female beads—he felt this early, and laboured to amend it, bat it. is said he did not wholly succeed till his second marriage. 'pie,' said one of his brethren, when he exhibited some female portraits soon after that event, • we never saw anything in you like this before—this must be owing to your wife ; and the compliment, though paid perhaps in jest, was nevertheless just. The habitual ruggedness of his personal manners viehled to the winning and graceful tact of Amelia opie. and it is easy to believe that her presence might have the same influence upon his pencil." In historical painting he was eminently successful, and his hest productions are the "Murder of James 1. of Scotland," " The Death of David " Arthur taken Prisoner," " Hubert and Arthur," " Belisaritts," and "Juliet in the Garden:" pictures which were stamped with a peculiar energy of style, and by a vivid reality. He died in Pon, and was buried in St. Paul's Cathedral, so that Mrs. Opie lived &widow SATURDAY, forty-six years. She was very intimate with the late Mr. J. J. Gurney's family, and he dedicated his un published work on America to her. Her own pro ductions were chiefly novels. In 1801 she commenced her literary career, and published her domestic and pathetic tale of the "Father and Daughter," a work remarkable for animated dialogue, replete with genuine painting of nature and passion, and delicacy of feeling. Her " Simple Tales." in four volumes, 1800 ; " New Tales," four volumes, 1818 ; "Temper, or Domestic Scenes," a tale in three volumes ; " Tales of the Heart," four volumes; are all marked by the same characteristics, the portraiture of domestic life, drawn with a view to regulate the heart and afection►. A moral treatise, published in 1818, eutitled " Detrat tion Displayed," was written, as she says, to expose "that most common of all vices in every rank or class of society, from the peer to the peasant, from the master to the valet, from the mistress to the maid, front the most learned to the most ignorant, from the man of genius to the meanest capacity." In the late Miss Sedgwiek's letters, written from abroad (1841), the following notice occurs of the late venerable novelist :—" 1 owed Mrs. Opie a grudge for having made me in my youth cry my eyes out over her stories, but her fair cheerful face forced me to forget it. She long forswore the world and its vanities, and adopted the Quaker faith and costume; but I fancied that her elaborate simplicity, and the fashionable little train in her• pretty satin gown, indicated how much easier it is to adopt a theory than to change one's habits." The brilliant critic of the Edinburgh E er i er , i n its best days, said of Mrs. Opie, "She can do nothing well that requires to be done with for• reality, and therefore has not succeeded in copying either the concentrated force of weighty and deliberate reason, or the severe and solentn dignity of majestic virtue. To make amends, however, she represents admirably everything that is amiable, generous, and gentle." Several of her novels have been very popular, and gone through many editions, but are now thr►en into the shade, with many others widely circulated half a century ago, by more powerful fic tions and the more masculine character of the imagi native literature of late years. She was the author of "Lays of the Dead," and other poems, which have i►een admired for their purity of style and pathos. During the last quarter of a century Mrs. Opie was a consistent member of the Society of Friends, and she lived in comparative seclusion, highly esteemed and beloved by all who were acquainted with her. The Principal of Brasenose College, Oxford, the Bev. IL HAMNOTON, D.D., expired after• a very brief illness on Tuesday morning. The deceased was apparently in good health up to the previous Satur day, when he complained of a slight bilious attack, i►ut inflammation of the bowels supervened, and on Monday last medical aid was pronounced hopeless. Dr. llarington was formerly an undergraduate of Christ Church, from which he was elected to a fellowship of Brasenose College, in Mardi, 1811, having in Michaelmas term preceding obtained a first-class in " literis Inunanioribus." He was a fellow and tutor of ltrasenose College for a period of eleven years, when he succeeded to a college living, which he held until 1811. lit that year he was elected Principal of Brasenose College, on the eleva tion of the Bev. Dr. Ashlturst Turner Gilbert, then principal, to the episcopal see of Chichester. The deceased was one of the Pro-Vice .Chancellors, delegate of appeals in Convocation, a commissioner of the streets and market, and a county magistrate. Few events that have occurred in Oxford have ex cited so deep a sensation or so much regret through out the university, city, anti county, as the almost sudden death of this most useful and estimable man. In the affairs of the university he took an active and prominent part, and enjoyed to the fullest extent the confidence cf that body. His talents were of a diversified order, and he was a zealous lover and promoter of all that related to architecture and archeology. He tilled the office of President of the Architectural Society for several years, and only retired from that post at the com mencement of the present month. In his character of a divine he was regarded with great respect, and although he was not often called on to officiate, yet his sermons before the university were such as reflected credit on himself, anti were worthy of the university pulpit. The death, through a melancholy accident, of Lieutenant-Colonel Xi:sour, of the eftth Rifles. is announced by the Graham's Town Journal. The following details are given by a correspondent of that paper under date King William's-town, October :—" On Saturday last a fatal accident occurred to Lieutenant-Colonel Nesbitt, troth Miles, the suc eessor of Lieutenant-General Yorke in the command of British Karelia. It would apf.ear the colonel, in his capacity of commandant, had proceeded on a tour of inspection of the posts in Thitish Kafrarie, act'ompanied by his &de-de-camp, I i uterant and two orderlies. After inspecting Fort white, and the new post in coarse of erection at Middle Drift, although the Keiskamma was high and rnnning rapidly, the colonel proceeded rid Hobbs's Drift to