The Sun.
London, England, 1825-10-15 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

OXFORD, OCT. 14.—The READER in MINERALOGY will
begin his Course of Lectures on the Elements of Mineralogy,
at the Museum, on Tuesday the 25th of October, at I o'clock.
—( Christ Church, Oct. 7.)

On Saturday the Rev. Richard Jenkyns, D.D., Master of
Dalliol College, previously nominated by the Chancellor of the
University, was admitted to the office of Vice-Chancellor for the
ensuing year ; who also nominated his Pro-Vice-Chancellors,
viz. the Rev. G. W. Hall, D.D., Master of Pembroke College;
the Rev. John Collier Jones, D.D., rector of Exeter College;
the Rev. George Rowley, D.D., Master of University College ;
and the Rev. Ashhurst Turner Gilbert, D.D., Principal of
Brasenose.

Congregations will be holden for the purpose of granting
Graces, and conferring Degrees, on the following days in the
ensuing Term, viz.
Monday, - October 10
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Thursday,
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On Monday, tha first day of Michaelmas Term, the follow.
ing Degrees were conferred :

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.Masters of Arts.—The Rev. Thomas Wilkinson, Queen's ;
Frederick Francis Edwardes, Scholar of Corpus ; the Rev. John
Ball, Fellow of St. John's.

Bachelor of Arts.—The Rev. Thomas Sanderson, Magdalen
Hall.

The following Gentlemen were appointed Examining Masters
in Literis Humanioribus:—.

Rev. Charles Girdlestone, M.A. Fellow of Balliol.
Rev. William Kay, M.A. Fellow of Lincoln.
Rev. Philir Wynter, B.D. Fellow of St. John's.
On the same day (Monday) the Rev. Arthur Bennet Mesham,
M.A. and Frederick Francis Edwardes, M.A. Scholars of
Corpus Christi College, were admitted Fellows that Society.
At a public Ordination held by the Lord Bishop of Bath and
Wells in the Cathedral Church of Wells, on Sunday, the fol-
lowing persons were admitted into Holy Orders :
Deacoar.—Williain Lowth, B.A. Christ Church, Oxford ;
William Quckett, B.A. St..lohn's College, Cambridge ; Wil.
Liam Wichenden, B.A. St. John's College, -Cambridge; Wil-
liam George Sawyer, B.A. Balliol College, Oxford.
Priests.—T. Sweet Escort, M.A. Fellow of Lincoln College,
Oxford ; James Daubeny, B.A. Brazenose College, Oxford ;
Edw. Pering Henslow, Jesus College, Cambridge; Robert
Green Rogers, B.A. Oriel College, Oxford ; John Sandford,
B.A. Balliol College, Oxford; Henry West, B.A. St. Peter's
College, Cambridge.
On Sunday the Lord Bishop of the Diocese held an Ordina-
tion in St, Philip's Church, Birmingham, when the following
persons of this University were ordained :
Deacons—Fred. Leicester, A. 8., Queen's College; Henry
Gisborne Cooper, A. t 3., St. John's College.
Priest—Hon. Alfred Curzon, M.A., Brazenose College.
ECCLESIASTICAL PREFERMENTS.
The Rev. William Strong is appointed Chaplain in Ordinary
to his Majesty, in the room of the Rev. Dr. Burton, deceased.
The Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells has instituted the Rev.
Wm. James, one of the Priest Vicars of Wells Cathedral, to
the Rectory of Long Sutton, at the presentation of the Dean of
the said Cathedral; and the Rev. Spencer hladan, M.A. to
the Vicarage of Twerton, on the presentation of the Rev. Wm.
Bailey Whitehead, M.A. the patron ; a dispensation having
been granted by the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury to enable
Mr. Madan to hold the same with his present Vicarage of
Batheaston.

On Saturday the Rev. C. 11. Hodgson was elected by the
Dean and Chapter one of the Vicars Choral of Salisbury Ca-
thedral, vice the Rev. Dr. Evans, deceased.
The Hon. and Rev. William Annesley, M.A. to the Rectory
of North Bovey, Devon, void by the death of the Rev. E.
Smedley ; patrons, Thomas Smith and John Ridsley, Esqrs.
The Rev. Charles Woollcoinbe, S.C.L. to the Curacies of
Minster and Forrabury, Cornwall; patron, the Rev. Richard
IVinsloe.

The Rev. William Wogan Aldrich, S.C.L. to the Perpe-
tual Curacy of Butley, in Suffolk ; patron, Charles Thellusson,
Esq., of Nottingham-place, Middlesex.
Rev. G. Osborne to the Rectory of Stainby, with Gunby,
Lincolnshire, on the resignation of his father; patron, the Earl
of Ilarborough.
The King has been pleased to present the Rev. Robert Allan
to the church and parish of Little Dunkeld, in the presbytery
of Dunkeld and county of Perth, vacant by the resignation of
the Rev. Thomas Nelson, late Minister there.
The Rev. John Marshall, 8.A., to the perpetual Cure of
Sidewell, Plymouth ; patron, the Rev. Arthur Atheriey.

The Episcopal Chapel, St. Andrews', Scotland, was conse-
crated on Thursday, by Bishop Low. A number of other Epis-
copal Clergymen were present. The Chapel was crowded
to excess; and a collection of 16/. 19s. 9d. made, for the pur_
pose of defraying part of the expence incurred in finishing this
magnificent building.

BRIGHTON, OCT. 13.—The American aero-
naut, as he terms himself, Mr. Courtney, Look
his promised flight from a species of scaffold-
ing raised on the top of the Royal. Brighton
Gardens Promenade Saloon yesterday ; or rather
he glided gently down a sloping rope, securely
fixed at each end, to a distance, perhaps, of Oita
hundred and fifty yards, in a kind of cage_ or
frame-work, that preserved him from eye!' the
risk of personal injury. Madame Saqui would
have walked up and down such a rope to court
popularity, and with apparent ease, though that
Lady, it is melancholy to relate, eventually paid
the price of her temerity with her life. Our fisher-
men, by dozens,we have no doubt, for a tankard or
two of strong beereach,would cheerfully make the
descent by the same cord under similar circum-
stances, at any short notice, and with an effect
quite as extraordinary, as that with which it was
singly supposed the public would be amused yes-
terday. The Proprietor of the Gardens we be-
lieve, was as much disappointed with the result
as any other person.—The confluence of specta-
tors was immense, and the collection in silver
and copper of course considerable, ,