The Sun.
London, England, 1836-01-16 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

OXFORD, JAN. 14. .This day the following degrees were
conferred.:--.
DOCTOR IN CIVIL. LAW.—Rev. Wrn. Young, Oriel.
MASTERS OF ARTS.—James Boustead, Queen's ; • Rev.
William Wellwood Stoddart, Fellow of . St. John's ; Charles
Frederick BalWin, St. John's ; -John Budgen, Trinity ; Rev.
William Fletcher, Brasennose "--a"=..'
senoose.

BACHELOR or ARTS.-Williarn West Illandford, St. Ea_
[mitt hail.

CAMBkIDGE, JAN. 14.—. The examination of candidates for
the degree of Bachchrs of Arts commenced on Wedne3day
morning. • The following is an alphabetical list of the first
four classeS:—

FIRST CLAss.—Aldatn, Trinity ; Colons°, Joh's; Collo-
son, John's ; Haslam, John's; Lane, Caius; Lane, John's ;
Pir:e Trinity; Robinson, John's; Smith, A , Trinity; Smith,
W. H.,• John's; Shepherd, Clare; Tozer, Caius; Walton,
Trinity.

SECOND CLASS.—Fisher, Catherine's ; Hubert, Christ's.
THIRD CLASS.-Adcock, Clare; Atkinson, Trinity; Bates,
Christ's; Bickersteth, Sidney ; Clayton, Caius ; Chapman,
John's; Currey, Trinity; Conway, Trinity; Davies, John's;
Gambier, Trinity ; Hudson, John's; Hedley, Trinity ; Jones,
Magdalen ; Lynn,• Christ's ; Lawson, John's; May, Cathe-
rine's ; H. Patteson, Corpus; Turner, W., Trinity ; Turner,
S., Trinity ; Tennant, Trinity ; Uwin's, John's; Whitelock,
John's ; Westoby, Trinity.
The Rev. Edward Gould, M. A., of Christ's College, in
this University, has been " instituted to the Rectory of
Sproughton, near Ipswich, on the presentation of William
Gould, Esq., of Bury.
The Rev. William Wayman, M. A., has been instituted to
the Vicarage of Great Thurlow, on the presentation of his
Majesty, at the nomination of the Rev. Joshua Rowley and
Andrew Arcedeckne, Esq., Trustees for Lady Harland.

The Countess Dowager of Rosse has presented 3001. to the
Episcopal Church at Marche, Upper Canada.
A new chapel is about to be erected at Inistiouge, Kilkenny,
for which W. Tighe, Esq., of Woodstock, has given tho
ground, and 50/. towards building it.
The Vice-Chancellor of Oxford has fixed the 20th January
for the election of the Vinerean scholar.
New Churches and Chapels opened—At Dias, Independent
Methodist ; at Southend, Yarmouth, Methodist New Con-
nexion ; at Leeds, Belgrave Episeopalijin Chapel ; at Halifax,
Methodist New Connexion ; at North Shields, Methodist New
Connexion ; at Marble Hill, Armagh, Wesleyan.
The Rev. Mr. Leigh having resigned the living of Bilston,
Staffordshire, the inhabitants will have to choose a successor.
Their choice lies between the Rev. Mr. Fisk and the Rev.
H. S. Fletcher, and the friends of those gentlemen express
themselves certain of success. The day of election is not yet
fixed.

The first stone of the new Episcopalian Chapel, l'entimou's-
fields, Clapham-road, has just been laid.
By the death of Dr. Gabbett, Vicar-General of Killaloe,
the rectory and vicarage of Castletown Arra, compounded for
1,2001. a year, are vacant. This union of parishes, now likely
to be dissolved, is in the gift of the Bishop of Killaloe and
Clonfert.

PRO NI OTI 0 NS. --LIZ ev. Thomas Spencer to the rectory of Wink-
field, Wilts, vacant by t esignation. Rev. King to the church
of St. Stephens. presbytery of Glasgow. Rev. Daniel Came-
ron to the church of Bridegate. Rev. Edward Nottidge
to the rectory of Black Notley, Essex. Rev. J. E. Bates to
the perpetual curacy of Strattoit Audley, Oxfordshire. Rev.
Richard Tunley to the Baptist church, Northampton. Rev.
George Wigfield to the rectory of Tickencote, Rutlandshirc.
Rev. F,dward Gould to the living of Sproughton, Suffolk.
Rev. George Burnside to the church of Orr, alias Wt., in the
stewarty of Kirkcudbright, vacant by resignation. v.Ed-
ward Brown to the living of Leeds. Rev. William Ball,
Curate of Clones for 24 years to the living of Rossory, Ire-
land ; a piece of plate was presented to the Rev. Gentleman
on his quitting Clones. Rev. M‘Neill to the Gaelic church,
Hope-street, Glasgow. Rev. W. W. Duncan to the church
of Cleish, presbytery of Dunfermline. • Rev. Thomas Guskin
to the vicarage of St. Clements, Cambridge. Rev. William
J. Irons to the curacy of St. Mary's Newington, Surrey.
Rev.-• William Wayman to the vicarage of Great Thurlow.
Rev. Joseph Jameson to the church of Carlow.
DE AT ElS.—Rev. John Holt, 66, Rector of Wraby and of
Elston, Nottingham. Rev. John Mounsey, Rector of Gautby,
of Witherne, and of Anthorpe, Lincolnshire. Rev. John
Maitland, 69, minister of Nairgirth for 47 years. Rev. Michael
Thorold, 4ector of Clunsby and Vicar of Ileydour cum Kilbv,
Lincolnshire. Rev. Georg...! P. Sandilands, late curate of St.
George's, Hanover-square, London. Rev. Thomas Speidell,
Rector of Crick, Northampton. Rev. William Edward
Trenchard, 28, second son of Mr. Trenchard, of Taunton.
Rev. Dr. Wiseman, perpetual curate of Ha.vering-atte-Bowcr.
At Denbigh, Rev. D. Roberts, Independent Methcdist. Rev.
Dr. James coulter, 34, Professor of Astronomy in the Univer-
sity of Glasgow. Rev. Sheehan, p.
P. of Castleinahon,
Limerick. -At Haverfordwest, Rev. William Evans, late Mi-
nister of the Independent Chapel at Pill. Very Rev. Dr.
Flannery, 80, p. p. of
_Cloutuell for neatly fifty years. Rev.
John Smithson. 84, Rector of Kirkheaton, near Huddersfield,
and curate of Headingley.

Fll ANC E.—TII E DRA NI A.—The very stamina of
their work is profligacy—profligacy of the very rankest and
polluting power. Let us not be told that some of them
exhibit talent and power ; so much the worse, because, in
that case, they arc likely to be doubly mischievous ; be-
sides, how universally and deeply-rooted must imcniz,elky:
be in that nation, where those who ought to iramtagi ave.SQ
totally lost to self-respect as to be the fv.tt tto, corrupt
is'time to lay aside some of *testable eatAk kept up
about genius, for wh,o;c.: this a-4-, principle of
evil, rathpr stlt eS. good, it desetcs not, the assistance but
v,ttnoSt execration of society.—Rae Wilson's Records of
c' 'Route throuVz Praigq a d 440,14',