The Sun.
London, England, 1822-11-30 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

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OXFORD, Nov. 29.—0 n Saturday the 23d instant, in Con-
vocation, was read a Letter from his Royal Highness the Crown
Prince of Denmark, returning thanks for the Degree of
D.C.L. lately conferred upon his Royal Highness by diploma.
Also the Rev. John Bull, B.D. Student of Christ Church; the
Rev. John Hume Spry, M.A. of Oriel College; the Rev. James
Endell Tyler, M.A. Fellow of Oriel College ; the Rev. Zacha-
rias Henry Biddulph, M.A. Fellow of Magdalen College ; and
the Rev. George Chandler, B.C.L. of New College, who had
been respectively nominated to succeed to the office of Select
Preacher, at Michaelmas next, were approved in Convocation.
—The same day, in Congregation, the following Degrees were
conferred :
Doctor in Civil Law.— The Rev. Alex. Nicoll, B.C.L. Re-
gius Professor of Hebrew, and Canon of Christ Church.
Masters of Arts.--1I enrr Allison Dodd, Taberdar of Queen's
College ; Rev. John Robert Edgar, Trinity College ; Rev.
Samuel Turner, University College ; John Sheffield Cox, Fel-
low of Pembroke College.
BacheThrs of Arts.—Ni'm. Woodley Cerjat, Esq. Trinity,
College, Grand Compounder ; Alexander Wright Daniel, St.
Alban. ; Thomas Oliver Goodchild, Exeter College ;
'Thomas "Deaele, Lincoln College ; Wm. Ralph Churton,
Michel's Scholar of Queen's College ; Christopher Flood,
and Edmund Currie, Wadham College; Henry John Dawes,
St. Edmund Hall ; John Frederick Benjafield, Trinity Col.
lcge ; Robert Vernon Smith, Christ Church; John Cheales,
Brazen-nose College; Wm. Butland, Pembroke College; Geo.
Binstead Farrant, St. John's College ; Edward Dawson and
Fretcherville Lawson Ballantine Dykes, Oriel College; John
Davies, Jesus College.
Yesterday Messrs. Blunt, Unwin, and Lambert were elected
Scholars of Corpus Christi College, in this University.
ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS.--The Rev. Thomas
St. Lawrence, son to the Lord Bishop of Cork, is appointed to
the Archdeaconry of Ross.—The Rev. Thomas Davies, jun.,
M.A., of Wenyne, Glamorganshire, and Fellow of Oriel Col-
lege, to the consolidated livings of Landough, Cogan, and
Leckwith, near Cardiff: Patroness, the Dowager Marchioness
of Bute.—The Rev. William Bohun Yeomans has been pre-
sented to the Rectory of Bucknell, vacant by the decease of the
Rev. J. Yalden ; and the Rev. R. Ralph Smith to the Vicar-
age of Adderbury, in the room of the Rev. 11. Cotton, de-
ceased : Patrons, the Wardens and Fellows of New College.

BTIONAPARTE'S CHARACTER OF 111 S MOTHER:—
" My excellent mother, is a woman of courage
and great talent, more of a masculine than a
feminine nature, proud and high-minded. She
is capable of selling every thing even to her
chemie for me. I allowed her a million, be-
sides a Palace, and giving her many presents.
To the manner in which she formed me at an
early age, I principally owe my subsequent ele-
vation. My opinion is, that the future good or
bad conduct of a child entirely depends upon the
mother. She is very rich. . Most of my family
• considered that I might die, that accidents might
" happen, and consequently took care to secure
something. They have preServed a great part
of their property." O'Meara adds in a note :
Madame Mere, when ,Lhad the honour of seeing
her at Rome in 1819, was still the remains of a
fine woman. Her manners - were dignified and
commanding, and her 'deportment such as one
would expect to find in a queen, or in the mother
of Napoleon. Her thoughts were divided be-
tween her God and her son. her establishment
was splendid, though private and unostentatious.

THE WEATHER.—Owirag to the ]ate heavy
rains, the waters in many parts are very much out, especially
in Surrey, Sussex, and the lower parts of Somersetshire. In
most of the cellars near the water-side, there is water ; at Ro-
therhithe and in that neighbourhood the water is in most places
in the cellars, kitchens, &c. two feet deep. The tides have
likewise during the last few days been very high, but fortu-
nately the wind keeps in the direction to send the water clown
the river. If the wind had blown from the Channel, there is
every reason to fear there would have been another scene simi-
lar to what occurred in Westminster, Tothill-fields, &c. &c:
last year.

MISS BRUNTON concluded her engagement last
week at the West Londo❑ Theatre, and is now
performing at Brighton. She performed Letitia
Hardy at that place on Wednesday last. It is
really a reproach to the London Managers that
she is not on the Winter Boards. Miss CLARA•
FISHER, the little prodigy, has been successfully
displaying her precocious talents at the same place.
We are assured that Mr. COLMAN has not, as re-
ported, written a drama purposely for this juve-
nile wonder.