The Sun.
London, England, 1839-06-04 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE

CAMBRIDGE, JUNE 1.
At a Congregation on Tuesday last, a petition, against
the Government plan of education, was agreed to, the num-
bers being as follow : —White Hood House, Placet 37,
Non-Placet 9, majority 28; Black Hood House, Placet 22,
Non- Placet 8, majority 14.
At the same Congregation the following degrees were
conferred :

BACHELOR IN DIVINITY.
Rev. George Atkinson, St. Peter's college.
MASTER IN ♦RTS.
The Rev. Stephen Allen, Trinity college.
On Wednesday last, Messrs. Power, Powell, and Vena-
bles, were elected Foundation scholars of Pembroke Coll.
At the same time Messrs. Tagg, Goode, Shortland, and
Irwin, were appointed to scholarships on Dr. Watt's
foundation.
On Saturday last, the Porson prize was adjudged to
Edward Meredith Cope, of Trinity college, in this uni-
versity.
On the 16th instant, C. U. Kingston, B. A., of Clare
Hall, in this University, was unanimously elected Second
Master of the Ashbourn Grammar School.
Charles Egan, Esq., Fellow Commoner of Trinity Hall,
in this University, has been called to the Bar by the
Benchers of the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple.
The Rev. R. H. Williams, 8.A., of Magdalene Col-
lege, in this University, and Curate of Leveridge, in the
diocese of Ripon, has been appointed to the mastership of
St. Asaph Grammar School.
The Rev. J. Aspinall, of Liverpool, has been presented
to the rectory of Althorpe, Lincolnshire, vacant by the re-
moval of the Rev. W. Lacey, to All Hallows, London.
The Rev. Bernard Smith, M. A., Fellow of Magdalene
College, Oxford, has been instituted by the Lord Bishop
of Lincoln, to the rectory of Long Leadenham, Lincoln..
shire, on the presentation of his mother Mrs. Justina Smith,
of Little Gonerby, in the same county.
At a general ordination held by the Lord Bishop of
London, on Sunday morning, at St. Paul's Cathedral,
Lord Charles A. Hervey, M. A., of Trinity college, in
this University, was admitted to the holy order of the
Priesthood.

The Rev. George Ashe Goddard, M. A., of Brazennose
college, Oxford, has been preferred to the Vicarage of
Cliffe Pifpard, Wilts, vacant by the death of the Rev.
Edward Goddard, M.A., Patron, H. N. Goddard, Esq.,
of Cliffe House, Wilts.
The undermentioned gentlemen were ordained by the
Lord Bishop of Lincoln, in St. Peter's Church, Eaton.
square, London, on Trinity Sunday last, the 26th inst.:—

DEACONS.
Halford Henry Adcock, 8.A., Trinity coll., Cambridge.
William Heygate Benn, 8.A., Merton coll., Oxford.
Henry Charles Close, 8.A., Queen's coll., Cambridge.
William Fawcett, 8.A., Lincoln coll., Oxford.
William Hides, 8.A., St. John's coll., Cambridge.
George T. Potchett, B. A., St. John's college, Camb.
E. Blomfield Turner, B. A., Christ's college, Cambridge.
Arthur Wilson Upcher, B. A., Trinity college, Cambridge.
John Beck Wickes, 8.A., St. John's college, Oxford.
PRIESTS.
Charles J. Abraham, 8.A., Fellow of King's coll., Camb.
John E. Fell, 8.A., St. John's college, Cambridge.
George T. Hutton, 8.A., Trinity college, Cambridge.
Henry C. Knight, M. A., Queen's college, Cambridge.
George Maule, 8.A., University college, Oxford.
Robert W. Otter, 8.A., Pembroke college, Cambridge.
George Rogerss M. A., St. John's college, Cambridge.
At a general ordination held by the Lord Bishop of
Gloucester and Bristol on Sunday morning last at St.
Margaret's church, Westminster, the following gchtlemen
were admitted into holy orders