The Sun.
London, England, 1825-12-31 00:00:00

PUBLIC EXAMINERS.

In Lit. Hum.—W. Mills, P. NlTynter. Chas. T. Longley,
Chas. Girdlestone, Arthur Johnson, Richard Wm. Jeff.
In Discip. Mathemat.—S. P. Rigaud, W. L. Cooke, Wm.
Kay.
The number of Candidates who form the Fourth Class, but
whose names are not published, amounts to 86.
ECCLESIASTICAL. PRETEIIMENTS•—The Rev. George
Taunton, B.D. and Fellow of Corpus Christi College, has been
instituted, by the Lord Bishop of Salisbury, to the Rectory of
Stratford St. Antony, Wiltshire ; patrons, the President and
Fellows of C.C.C.—A. Dispensation has passed the Great Seal,
enabling the Reverend C. B. Rawbone, B. C.L. Vicar of
Coughton, Warwickshire, to hold with it the Vicarage of
Buckland, in the county of Berks, to which- he has
been instituted, by the Lord Bishop of Salisbury, on.
his own petition.—The Reverend William Dalby, M. A.
of Exeter College, and Senior Proctor of this Uni-
versity, has been presented, by the Lord Bishop of
Salisbury, to the Vicarage of Warminster, Wilts. The Rev.
William l3urkett, M.A. of St. Edmund Hall, in this Univer-
sity, to a Chaplaincy on the establishment of the East India
Company in Bengal. The Rev. Wm. Sweete, M.A. has been
presented by T. F. Best, Esq. (the patron) to the valuable
Vicarage of Lenham, in Kent, void by the death of the Rev.
B. E. Bridges.
The following4entlemen were ordained by the Lord Bishop
of Lincoln, at Buckden, on Sunday the 18th inst.:—
Deacons.—Samuel Best, Fellow of King's College, Cam-
bridge; Christopher Geo. Richmond, B.A. Caius College,
Cambridge; Charles Lyne, St. .John's College, Cambridge;
William Falcon. B.A. St. John's College, Cambridge ; Robert
Wade Gery, B.A. Emmanuel College, Cambridge; Stephen
Davies, LL. B.Queen'spollege, Cant bridge.
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PrttEsTs.—Thomas Nayler, B.A. St..lohn's College, Cam-
bridge; Abraham Vouldon, B.A. St. John's College, Cam-
bridge ; George Nicholas Dealtry, M.A. Catherine Ilall, Cam-
bridge; James Moffat Ilarington, B.A. Exeter College, Ox-
ford; Matthew Robinson, B.A. Caius College, Cambridge;
Charles Tomblin, B.A. Emmanuel College, Cambridge; Ed-
ward Walter, B.A. Christ College, Cambridge ; William
Williamson, B.A. St. John's College, Cambridge; Richard
Thomas W. Taylor, B.A. Wadham College, Oxford ; Charles
Lee, Literate.

Sir JAMES MELVIL relates n striking instance
of Queen ELIZABETH'S fondness for the favourite Leicester.
" She told me," says Melvil, " that she esteemed Robert
Dudley as her brother and friend, and that she would herself
marry him, did she ever mind to take a husband, but being
determined to end her life in virginity, she wished that the
Queen of Scots might marry him, as meetest of all other, whom
she could find in her heart to declare her second person. Be-
ing assured that he was so loving and trusty, he would never
permit any such thing to be attempted as an usurpation before
her death, and that the Queen, my mistress, might have a
higher esteern for him, I was requested to stay till I should see
him made Earl of Leicester, which was done at Westminster
with great solemnity, the Queen herself helping to put on his
ceremonial dress, he sitting upon his knees before her with great
gravity. But she could not refrain from putting her hand in
his neck, smilingly tickling him, the French Ambassador and I
standing by. Then she turned, asking me, how I liked him. I
answered, that as he was a worthy servant, so he was happy
who had a princess who could discern and reward good ser-
vice. Yet,' says she, ' you like better of yonder long lad,'
pointing towards my Lord Darnley, who, as nearest prince of
the blood, bore the sword of honour on that day before her. My
answer was, that no woman of spirit would make choice of such
a man, who more resembled a woman than a man, for he was
handsome, beardless, and lady-faced." And yet this was the
man, whose marriage with the Queen of Scots, Melvil was at
that moment craftily negociating.
Captain ROCK has lately decreed that con-acre
potatoe ground shall not be let next year at a higher rate than
51. per acre. Notice to this effect has lately been served on
several farmers in the parish of Drumrany.