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liimm... JANUARY 21, 1854. Th e Curacy of Lydbrook, hi the Forest of Dean, diocese of Gloucester and Bristol. Value tiOl. a year; in the gift of the &ie. Temple H. Chase, M.A. The vi c arage of Sandhurst, near Gloucester, by the death of the Bev. T h o mas Evans, D.D. By 1)r. EVIUIS . II death the head masts of of the Oloucester Collegiate Sehool and the chap latney of the County lunatic Asylum have also besoim• vacant ilnibusitg CAM BRIDGE. B.A. EXAMINATION, 1851 The following are the names of the gentlemen approved for mathematical honours o urs: — ice. A Eniman. Gabb, Caine. Glover, Emmen. Ames, Trin. Arnold, Trio. Godfrey, Jesus. Godrich, Emman. Ailey, John's. Bailey, H. R.,Joh. Gordon, Christ's. Bailey, Sid. Grabham, John's. Baker, Clare. Graham, Tr. Hall. Baker, W. De F., Greene, A. J. M., Emmen. Coins. Bates, John's. Hare, John's. Bales, Trin. Hauxwell, Caius. Betts, Trin. Hawkins, Trio. Brim, Corpus. Hedges, Queens'. Brown, Cams. Hindle, John's. Burbury, John's. Horne, John's. B u rnaby, Christ's. Hutchinson, Trio. Campbell, Magd. Hutchinson, T. N., Campbell, Tr. H. John's. Candy, Emman. Image, Trin. Hall. Capel, John's. hard, Magdalene. Carlon, Trio. Jackson, Magd. Cavendish, Lord, Jeseop, John's. Trin. Kempaon, Caius. Coltman, Trin. Kershaw, Emmen. Cooper, Trio. Kingdon, Trin. Cornell, Clare. Kingford, Jeans. Cory, Peterhouse. Latham, John . . Coulson, Trin. Lawrence, Qns'. Creston, Christ's. Lawson, Trinity. Croft, ('sins. Leachman, Trin. Curphy, Trim. Leaf, Trinity. Day, John's. Leake, John's. Deighton, Queens Lewin, Jelm's. Dent, Trim Littlewood, l'emb. De St. Croix, Corp. Lockett, Queens'. Dicey, Trio. Longlands, Jeans. Drew, John's. Ltickock, John's. Droop, Trin. Marshall, Clare. Elliot, Magdalene. Maxwell, Trio. Elliot, Trin. Moan), Trinity. Elphinstoue, Trin. Murray, Trinity. Falkner, John's. Nash, Caine. Farrar, Trin. Nix, Trin. Field, Emmanuel. Face, Peinb. Fletcher, Caine. Patch, John's. Forster, G. 8., Joh. Pontifex,Trin. Fox, Sydney. Pratt, Corpus. Foxley, John's. Quick, Trin. Franks, Tr. Hall. Rawlinson, Em. Freshfield, Trin. Rimington, John's Tnt election of an Esquire Bedell in the room of the late Mr. Gunning took place on Thursday. On the pre vious day two candidates, Mr. Godfrey and Mr. Roberts, had been selected by the heads of houses. At the close of the poll it was found that 1511 votes had been recorded for Mr. Godfrey, and 127 for Mr. Roberts. The former can didate was then declared duly elected, and, being sworn in, immediately assumed office. OXFORD. HILARY Tannr commenced on Saturday last. A Con vocation was held in the morning, at which the President of Corpus Christi College took the oaths and was admitted as a Pro•Vite-Chancellor. The Rev. John Arderne Ormerod, Brasenose College, was admitted as a delegate of estates ; and the Revs. Thomas Faulkner Lee, M.A., Queens' College, and Brocklesby Davis, M.A., fellow of St. Peter's College, Cambridge, were admitted wi mtest. The following degrees were conferred : D.D.—Rev. William Josiah Trona, Queens'. MA.—Rev. R. Steward Falcon (Taberdar), Queens' ; Rev. Joseph Hallifax, Queens' ; Rev. James Turno.'k, Magdalen Hall; John Henry Leach, Jirasenose ; Rev. Frederick Simcox 11 -ea, Brasenose; Rev. James Ridgway. Lincoln ; Edward Bullock Finlay, Worcester; Rev. Charles Bridges Mount, follow of New College ; Rev. Ed. James Corbould, Wadham ; Bet. Fred. Edward Tyre/hitt Drake, Pembroke. B.A.—Rev. George Grey, Magdalen Hall. Richards, Trin. Roberts, E., Job. Robertson, Trin. Robinson, Trin. Rokeby, Routh, Peterhouse Sale, Trin._ _ Sampson, John's. Sanderson,Corpus Sealey, Cab's. Smith, Q.M.,Cains Smith, J. S., Trill. Soden, Emman. Stephen, Tr. Hall. Stokes, Caine. Strugnell, Queens' Sturges, Emman. Swanston, Trio. Sweeting, Pemb. Symonds, Caine. Thomas, Caine. Tomkiueon, Trin. Tonge, John's. Tweddle, John's. Upton, Trin. Vicars, Christ's. Watford, Trill. Walker, Corpus. Walker, W. H., John's. Ward, Emman. Ward, Trin. Ward, Queens'. Webb, Eniunan. Weightman, Joh. Welch, W. J. 3„ Cath. Weston, Tr. Hall. Whiteside,J., Cath Whitt, Trin, Wilkinson, Trin. Wilkinson, J. F., John's. Willcock, Trin. Wilson, W., Trin. Wood, J., John's. Wood, J. R., Trin. Woodhouse, Caius Wright, Trin. Re Arm. OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, JAN. 14. Royal Regiment of Artillery—Erratum in the Garefte of Jan. 6,186'4. —For Oentleman Cadet Beqjamin Humphrey to be Se cond Lieutenant, read " Gentleman Cadet Beujeuniu Geale Hum phrey to be Second Lieutenant." THE WHIT lA. Cote instows BIONEB BY I.OIID-LIBUTIMANTB. Light iaantg.liattalion of the Royal Sussex—George Free man Th omas, ant., to be Ensign. ~A Ytin erY TiAlallieti of the Royal Sussex—James Hayes Sadler, to Eleasid Lieutenant. 4th Regiment of Royal Lancashire (Light Infantry)—Thomas Frederick Teo, Gent., to be Ensign; Hugh Auchinleek, Gent., to be Ensign; Ampulla Kent, Gent., to be Ensign ; Thomas Boyce, Gent., to be Ensign. etc Sall. ADTAT,TY, Jaw. 12. The following pro omotio M ns R have this day taken place consequent t 4 the decease, on the 11th instant, of Rear-Admiral of the Red Ths Gordon Faison :— Rear-Admiral of the White William Bowenowa aisnds to be Rear-Admiral of the Red; Rear-Admiral Of THE PRESS. the Blue William Walpole to be Rear Admiral of the White; Cap tain Right Houourable Charles Philip, Earl of Herdwicke, to be Rear-Admiral on the reserved half-pay list; Captain Henry Dude Chad.; C.A. to be Rear-Admiral of the Blue. The'folloWing Captains on the Retired List have also been pro moted to be retired lhear-Adtitirahi, on the terms proposed in the London Gazette of Sept. 1,184 n. without increase of pay ;—Cap. tawJohn Skekel, and Captain I; oorge flurry Leuipriere. APPOINTMEN rs AND PROMOTIONS. ArrOINIVENTS. Rear-Admiral Sir JUDOS Stirling, Kt, to be commander-In chief nu the }last laths station, in the room of Vice-Admiral Hon. Slr Fleetwood Broughton Reynolds Pellew, C. 8., K.C.11., at present in the command of that station, and serving in the China seas, in the Rag-ship Winchester, 50. Captain John ('harks Dalrymple Hay (1850), who was pro moted for his efficient services against the pirates, while serving in the china seas, is appointed flag-captain to N'ice-Admiral Sir Thomas J. Cochrane, K.4.'.l3.,connuander.imohiet at Portsmouth, Ar service in the Victory flag-ship at that port., vice Captain Sir Thomas Maitland, C. 8., appointed to the oomniand of the Ex. ccitent, gunnery ship. Captain—Sir Thomas Maitland, C.B. (1357) to the Excellent. Lieutenautv—Alleyne Bland (1845), to the Pique; Richard Carter (1853), to the Es/voles; James Simpson (b) (1845), to the Prineeaa Royal. Acting-Itaeter—Fiederiek B. Vottel (1816), to the Racehorse. tfituner—Mr Warner, to the Fisgarri !iirg?ou—John Davkison, ko tkio-liribtiolia. Natal Cadet—M`ll. D. Yonge, to the Impregnable. Clerks in Charge—William M. Shanks 0846), serving, as first clerk of the Britannia, 120, fag-ship of Vice-Admiral J. W. D. Pundits, C. 8., in the Black Sea, to the doradoc, paddle-wheel steam-vessel, on the Mediterranean station ; John 0. Barnes (1817), serving as first clerk in the Tiger, 10 paddle-wheel steam frigate, in the Black Sea, to the Sheatualer, steam-vessel, on the Mediterranean station, vice John M. ,Jetferson, promoted to be paymaster ; Win. Warburton (1847), serving as first-clerk of the Leander, to, in the Black Sea, to the Banshee, on the Mediter ranean station, vice William Thom, promoted to be paymaster; Henry Callaway (1817), serving as first clerk in the Cumber/and, 70, flag-ship of Vice-Admiral Sir George F. Seymour, K.C.8., on Ur North American and West Indir station, to the Scorpios, 0, surveyin. , vessel, at Devouport. Midshipman William F. JuhnstAme, to the Calliope, 20, ou the Australian atittion. Mato Edward Spencer Mears (1951), serving in the Stromboli paddle-wheel steam-sloop, on the south-east coast of America station, to the rack of lieutenant, and his promotion to be dated January 11, 1854. Mates—Peyton Illakiston (1940),serving in the Bittern, 12, on the East India station; William Boyd A. Frederick Paterson (1850), serving iu the Penelope, If., paddle-wheel steam-frigate flag-ship, on the west coast of Africa station ; Hugh Talbot Burgoyne (1853), serving in the Dolphin, 3, brigantine, on the west coast of Africa station ; and William Gore Aunesley /1862) serving in the Eapiegk, 12, sloop, uu the North American and West India station—to the rank of lieutenants, and their pro motions to be dated January 13, 114. Clerks' Assistants—W. H. S. Batt, to the Arrogant; Alexander V. Maceall, to the Pique; G. M. Pedler, to the Waterloo; Joseph H. Manley, to the Eurynbis. Coast Guard Service—Commanders F. L. A. Selwyn (1847), Ro bert A. E. Scott (1848), and Willoughby J. lake (1851), to be Iu• specting Commanders. PROWITION9. ..--....,...... Commander—Lieutenant William Greet (1840). 31meters—Second Masters Frederick Richard Child 1845), George Ilastings hiskip (1846) Frodorick Burgoyne Youel 1846), Henry G. Thonisett (1847), John Parsons (1847), Charles C. Scott (1817), Arthur Thomas (1848), Robert Smith (1846), Mat thew Richards (1845). Acting Master—Second Master Thomas Bourchier. (On the Active List.) Captains—Commanders J. N. Strange, James Stodilart, and G. A. Seymour. Commanders—Lieutenants F. H. Stevens, G. P. Mends, C. H. May, F. A. B. Cranfurd, and F. H. Shortt. Clerks—John M. Jefferson (1848), serving as clerk in charge of the Sheanrater, steam-vessel, on the Mediterranean station; John M. Sweatwan (1a46), serving as clerk hi charge of the Rhadamentlius. paddle-wheel steam store-ship at Pembroke George H. Whither (1845), serving in the 5e0174011, surveying vessel, at Devonport ; Howard E. L P. Bailey (1846), recently serving as acting paymaster of the Furious, 16, paddle-wheel steam-frigate, on the Mediterranean station ; William Thom (1846), serving 'in the Banshee, steam-vessel, recently commie shined for service on the Mediterranean station; and George W. Anderson (1840), first clerk of the Neptune, 120, guard-ship of ordinary, at Portsmouth—to the rank of paymasters. Itiontg Varkt anD (it FRIDAY EIIZNING. DIE Money Market has been very easy during the week. First-class bills are with difficulty obtained for discount at 41 per cent.; and yesterday some of the leading discount houses in Lombard-street refused to take money at call at 4 per cent. We anticipate (always providing we remain at peace) that money in the Discount Market will be still easier, on the ground that gold will still continue to accumulate in the coffers of the Bank. The funds opened with great buoyancy in the early pea of the week, and Consols were sold as high as 93f, but the settlement of the account proved that the public had been largely supplying the market with Consols, partly from alarm of war, and partly for the purpose of exchanging them for Three-and-a-quarter per Cents. and Reduced Three per Cents., which, as we have pointed out, are rela tively cheaper. Bankers and assurance companies effect this exchange on much more favourable terms than pri vate individuals, because they can do it in large amounts, and the brokers merely charge them 1-10th commission for the transaction, which is levied on the largest amounts in the Stock Exchange. Although we believe that any attempt to reduce the interest of the debt below 3 per cent. would be a finan cial blunder, from the tendency it has to send capital abroad,to be employed, still ht n here a re re some people sanguine enough to expect tat ievent 69 of peace being preserved Consols would rise above par. In that case Three-and-a-quarter per Cents., which cannot be reduced below 3 per cent. for twenty years, would bear a relatively higher price to Consols than at present, and on this ground many have taken ad vantage of Three per Cents. being, as they now are comparatively, cheaper than Consols to make the exchange. The Consol account, for the reasons assigned, showed that a greater abundance of stock was in the market, and the speculators for the fall took advan tage of this, and sold largely for the February ac count, an operation which has been considerably favoured by the heavy fall in the French Reines, arising from the Bank of France having raised the rate of discount to 5 per cent. That operation has indeed been too long delayed, considering the con tinuous drain of bullion from its coffers which has lasted for so many mon ths , led a b i e l e e n a. occasioned s in a great measure the by e a ti n c ‘ i l e h n t r of bullion sustained by the Bank of France amounts to no less a sum than e,000,0001. sterling. It must be borne in mind that France has not only to contend against the calamity of a bat har vest, but her industrial operations have received a vie • lent shock from the menacing aspect of the Eastern question. This critical position of political affairs has operated touch more heavily on France than c.n this country, because her financiers and capitalists were largely embarked in railway and other joint stock schemes, which, until finished, are unproduc tive, whereas our railway system is completed, and, moreover, on the first appearance of a el-uded poli tical horizon, we have been gradually limiting our mercantile transactions, and probably have with drawn a large amomit of capital from France herself. The moneyed crisis, therefore, so far as this country is concerned, is over ; but France has prols' ly yet to undergo a very severe one, which, however, would blow over if peace were maintained. The raising the rate of discount is doubtless for the purpose of checking the drain of bullion from the Bank of France; but it strikes us that the time selected is unpropitious, and calculated to create mistrust. The English funds have been still further de pressed to-day by sympathy with the French market, the French Rentes being quoted by telegraph 69 05. There does not seem to be any political news of im portance, save that the Emperor of Russia was in a high state of excitement on hearing that the com bined fleets had entered the Black Sea. Money is particularly easy in the Stock Exchange to-day, being offered at 2 per cent. The meetings of the Joint Stock Banks have been very favourable, the I.Tnlon and the London and Westminster paying 10 per cent., and the London and County N per cent., with a bonus of lls. 4d. per share. We were glad to find that the London and West minster Bank gave their clerks a bonus of 10 per cent. on their salaries. We consider that bankers' clerks are the very worst-paid and hardest-worked of the industrious classes ; and there is something pecu liarly shocking in the fact of the joint-stock banks paying such enormous interest and bonuses to their proprietary when the honey-bees to whose industry and integrity they are indebted for such sweets are miserably underpaid. But boards are proverbially without bowels. The Bank of England has given notice that after the Ist of Much its hours of business will commence at ten o'clock instead of nine. This good example will doubtless be followed by the other hanks, and we congratulate the clerks on this first step towards an improved position. Consols opened to-day at 914 2, and, after having been done as low as 914, closed at 914. Exchequer Bills, 7to 10 pm. The Two-and-a-Half per Cents., which some deluded people took in exchange for Consols, South Sea, and other Stocks, have been don() to-day at 794. The arrivals of bullion this week amount to about 400,0001. FOREIGN FUNDS. Foreign stocks are heavy, especially French fnndr, for the reasons we have before assigned. Peruvian Bonds have been well maintained in price, in consequence of a conviction that no fear need. he entertained of the " home-converted " stock being introduced in the English market, unless the sink ing fund for the absorption of the present debt is greatly increased; and there is a well-founded hope that the next packet will bring this intelligence. Mexican Bonds remain very steady at 28i. Rumour( of foreign loans have died away, in coo sequence of any attempt to raise them under pre. sent circumstances being hopeless. RAILWAYS. Railway shares have been greatly depressed, *ea cielly .n French lines. It is impossible, until the question of peace or war is decided, to expect that railway sham, or any in vestment, will assume their proper value. ifw"*- r "~ :•0140. "' ' ' _.-, I