The Sun.
London, England, 1825-05-07 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

OXFORD, MAY 6.—On Thursday last, in full Convocation,
the University seal
.was affixed to a letter .of thanks from •tlie
Chancellor, Masters, and Scholars of Oxford, to the Very Rev.;
the Dean of,
Westminster, for his late. munificent foundation of
four University Scholarships. •
On the same day the following Degrees were conferied

MASTERS OF ARTS.

Rev. John Henry Harrison, 1
Rev. James Isaac Moneypenny, j Wadham
•
Richard Philip G. Tiddeman,...illagdalen Hall
Frederic David Perkins, .Brasenose
Edward Bouverie Pusey, Oriel
BACHELORS OF ARTS. ... '
Edward York, Ch. Ch. Grand Compounder
T. Lovell Beddoes, Pembroke, Grand Compounder
Jeremiah Bowen,
}All Souls'
Colling, Lincoln
FAldetacmhesr,
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eli°onma rda
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George Barker, 1
Wadliam
Charles Gregory, j
Thomas Gilbert Griffith,
Charles Gilpin, gc a Hail Mena 1 I . ,
Charles Augustus Samuel Morgan,
.a. Ch.
ThomiA Percy Meade, Brasenose
John Lewis Capper, . } Pembroke
William Hayward Cox,
Samuel Arnot Fyler,
1 Trinity
Edwin Ellis Coleridge,
Samuel Iston Fell, 1 Queen's
William Henry Gomonde, j
ilevry Hayman Pod, Worcester
George Edward Eyre, Oriel .
George F. Hay, Ballio 1
John Daubrez, Exeter
John Peter Benson,
..._ . . __.

Hubert Kestell Cornish, Corpus
On Thursday last, Mr. Jacobson of Edmund Hall, WA
Messrs. Quarmby, Pyemont, Metcalfe, and Jackson, Coma
moners of Lincoln College, were elected Scholars of that So'
ciety.
An election of King's Scholars of Westminster. School 01C'
place on Thursday, April 23, when. the following young gentle
men, men, after having been previously examined and declarcw— .
qualified, were elected, by which they are entitled either t°.
Studentships of Christ Church, Oxford, or Scholarships 0
Trinity College, Cambridge:—:Messrs. Woodfall, Heatlicote,
Downes, Sutherland, Brodie, Gwilt, Simpson, and lIPLeaY

ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS.
The Very Rev. the Dean of Westminster has appointed the
Rev. E. G. A. Beckwith, A.M. to a Minor Canonry in the
Church of St. Peter.
The Rev. Henry Morgan, LL. B. to the Perpetual Curae)l
of \Vithington, Salop.
The Rev. T. A. Melhuish, to the Rectory of St. Mary Steps,
Exeter.
The Rev. W. S. Carey, to the Vicarage of Ashburton, Devon'
The Rev. W. Tanner, to the Rectories of Bolnliarst and •
Coln worth, Bedfordshire.
The Rev. M. J. Pattison7 -to the Rectory of Hawkewell,
Yorkshire.
The Rev. Thomas Phillips, D.D. of Queen's College, Carn'.
bridge, appointed Head Master of the Royal Grammar alv*.
District Schools in Upper Canada.

FEMALE PREACIIEII.--It having hpem :amour!"
ced that a young lady, a native of Guernsey, intended.preaclid
ing in the Caledonian Theatre on Sunday evening, at hag'
past six o'clock, an immense concourse of people were at":
tracted thither. So early as five o'clock the doors *tea be
sieged by a crowd sufficient to have filled a house ten times the
size. When the doors were opened the rush was great ; and iq;
a few minutes every corner was crowded. Public worship corn."
menced with a hymn and prayer, but many of the congregaA"
tion shewed no greater sense of decency than if they h'
been witnessing a theatrical performance. Hisses, plaudits
and vulgar witticisms were heard in all parts of the houeo
and at length the young lady came forward and stated, t1,„3,.
if the uproar did not cease she would stop the service•
this time an idle report was 'industriously propagated, tr'd
the gallery was
.giving way ;—the audience were soie
with panic, and simultaneously pressed towards the door.:,
Many peisons had their clothe; torn, several females 1°",..
sho:s and shawls, and two 'men and a woman leapt from,,
window on the first story into the street. So soon as it W's
asc:Ttained that the alann was unfounded, the theatre Wad.
again filled;, but a smug party of police interfered, and cleare,
the house. In justice tothe young lady, we toutt state th:ll3
she exerted herself to the utmost to preserve oruer, a:nd seem
to suffer very keenly from the discreditable conduct °flier coo'
gregation, When she found her efforts vain, she very Pr°l'
perly retired. We understand that, in consequence of this berni
Sacrament week she has left town ; but with an intention 0,
returning next week, when arrangements will he made to pre"
vent a reccurrence of the scene of Sunday evening.—(Edin-
burgh Observer.) •

EXTENSIVE FORGERY.- Thursday; -a• m st
painful sensation was created through WWI Jrl
consequence of a forgery upon the Bank of Ire"
land, to a very large amount, having been dis'
covered, and traced to a merchant in this,citYl
who had always borne a very fair character, anti
was held in high esthnation. The distreSs an"
concern which this occurrence has created to the
friends of the unfortunate gentlemati,ls•consideri
ably increased by the misery that it will enW
upon an amiable wife and twelve children. ne
accused has, as yet; succeeded in evading the !lig";
anco of the police; although a reward of ne
hundred pounds has been offered for his apPre'
hension, Ilis escape was a most extraordinarft
circumstance. Ile was standing in the office 0,1.;
the gentleman whose name had been forged'
when the bill was brought by a Bank
ask if the signature was genuine; upon- whic j.
the accused took up his hat, walked out, 111,%$
immediately 'absconded.-L4Dubfin FieCfl:l6ll-- •
joyrnal.)