The Sun.
London, England, 1823-12-20 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

OXFOUT), I)Ec. 19.L.The names of those candidates who,
at the close of the Public Examinations this Term, were ad-
mitted by the Public Examiner into the First and Second
Classes of Litene Hunurniorcs anti Disciplinty Mathesnatim
et Physic'r respectively, according to the alphabetical arrange-
ment in each class prescribed by the statute, stand 'as follow:
--
In the First Class of Literte Humaniores.
Colquhoun, John C. Oriel.
Curzon, lion. Francis, Brasenme.
Dayman, John, Corpus -Christi.
Hall, Robert, Christ Church.
Mylne, James, Balliol.
Short, Augustus, Christ Church.
Wilberforce, Robert Oriel.
In Mc First Class of Disci's. Nathemat. ct Phys.
Bruce, Charles, Christ Church.
CurZon, Honourable Francis, Brasenose.
Falconer, William, Oriel.
Riggs, George, Queen's.
Talbot, Christopher It. M. Oriel.
Wilberforce, Robert J. Oriel.
Williams, harles K. Pembroke.
In the Xreond Class of Liter's. Hunumiorcs.
Abrahall, John C. J. 11. Wadham.
Abrahall, Theophilus B. H..Wndham•
Badeley, Edward lb Brasenose.
BaYne, Thomas, V. Jesus.
Bramston, John, Oriel. •
Bruce, Charles 1). Christ Church.
Carrington, Edmund F. Queen's.
Colquitt, Scrape Brasenose.
Corry, Hon. Henry T. L. Christ Church.
Hartley, John, St. Edmund Hall.
Hornby, Thomas, Christ Church..
King, John M. Dania
Llewellin, Richard, University.
Maude, R. Brasenose. - •
Iteivlandson, Edward, Queen's.
Tuckfield, Richard H. Oriel. •
Wickham Robert, Christ Church.
'
Wynne John A. Christ Church.
In Ma Second Class of Thscip. MaMental. et Phys.
Hal!, Robert, Christ Church.
Irwin, William, Queen's.
Rendall, Pinkney P. Exeter.
Lit Hum.
Crowdy, Anthony, Brazenose.
Falconer, William, Oriel.
Falk, Edward, Pembroke.
Fawcett, Christopher, University.
Goode, Alexander, Pembroke.
Gray, John E Christ Church.
Oreaves, Charles, Queen's.
liall,' Cecil J. Christ Church.
Hammond, Edmund, University._
Henry, John W. Pembroke.
Ilopton, William, Trinity.
Mame, Francis, St. Alban Hall.
• Jell'reys, John, Christ Church.
Irvine; Robert, Magdalen Ila/1.
• Millard, Edward, Exeter.
Parker, Joseph, T. Queen's.
Pope, Simeon L. Trinity.
Pinkn P. Exeter. •
Riggs, George, queen's.
Robinson, Francis, C. C. C.
Salway, Richard. Christ Church.
Thomas James, Pembroke.
'Wakefield, John, St. Edmund Han.
Wildman, Richard, Christ Church.
Williams, Charles K., Pembroke.

PUBLIC IMANtINEIIS.
T. Grantham I C. A. Ogilvie
.1. A. Cramer C. 0. Stocker
Wednesday, Dec. 17, the last day of Michaelmas Term, the
following Degrees were conferred :--

BACIIIMOIIi IX DIVINITY.

The Rev. James Edell Tyler, FelloWWCriel College.

MASTERS or Artl
Rev. John Charles Lucena, Ilrasenoso College.
Rev. (leorge William John Chard, Trinity College.
'Wm. Rosser Williams, Michel Scholar of Queen's College,
and Vinerian Scholar of Common Law.

ISACJIELORS Or ARTS.
John Langley, Magdalen hall.
(Nary Ames Legge, St. Alban hall.
'rands Rolinson, j Scholars of corpus Christi

Theophilus Biddulph, -lege.
Charles Kevern Williams, Scholar of Pembroke College.
Hugh Hughes Wynne, Scholar of Jesus College.
Vera Monro, University College.
Robert Shepherd, Queen's College.
The whole number of Degrees in Michaelmas Term was,
D.D. 4 • B.D. 3; B. Med. 1 ; M.A. 35 ; B.A. Matricu-,
lotions, 133.
Ecc I,ES 'MT ICA I. PIIEFERMENTS.—The Ir v. ThomasLowndes, and Fellow of Magdalen College, has been in.
stituted, by the Lord Bishop of-Winchester, to the Vicarage
of Worldham cum Tested, In the county of Haute ; patrons,
the President and Fellows of that Society.
'rho Res% Noel Thos. Ellixon, DI. A. Fellow of Baia College,
has been presented to the Rectory of Huntspill, Somerset;
Patrons, the Master and Fellows of Balliol College.
The Rev. Geo. G. Beadon, to the Rectory of Axbridge ;
Patron; the Lord Bishop of Bath and Wells.
The Rev. Richard Prowde, M. A. of Trinity College, Cam-
bridge, Chaplain to the Earl of Carlisle, has been presented to
the Rectory of flinderwell, Yorkshire.
The Rev. Thos. Mclhuish, jun.' to the Rectory of Ashwater,
Devon.

The Rev. W. Vansittart, to the Mastership of Wigston's
lospital in Leicester
The Rev. F. J. C. • Yrenow, to the Rectory of Langton
!erring, Dorset.

PATENT COPPIIII.--It is HOW nearly 40 years
since the more intelligent among our ship-owners introduced
the use..of copper as sheathing tbr, their vessels, ,and the
advantages- soon became so conspicuous, as to lead to its
adoption in tow cases • where the circumstances of . the
owners were such as to admit of the expellee. In the
Navy, 'the more general use of copper has formed one of the
.main features of theimprovements of the age, but at a great ex.'
pence, in consequence of the rapid decay of the article ; for
While in a few cases copper would be found to last ten or fif.
teen years, in the great Majority of instances it was worn out
in a third, or less titan a third, of the time. The Com-
missioners of the NaVy, anxious to lessen this sourcb of ex.
pence, and still more the uncertainty which attaches to the
duration of vessels, particularly on foreign stations, from the
decay of the copper, determined that a course of experiments
should be instituted to ascertain, if possible, the cause &this
remarkable difference in the quality. Application was, we hear,
made to Sir H. Davy, end the Council of the Itoyaltsociety, for
their assistance, also to the Officers of his Majesty's Mint. At
the Mint the investigation was undertaken by Mr. illushet,
whe,.from his situation in the melting department, had ,great
advantages," both in experience and in the command of ma-
chinery for making experiments. He was also supplied with
specimens of copper by the Navy Board, taken from the bet.
tutu of a Dutch ship, the Batavia, captured in the year 1798,
the cootie. of which, after 95 years wear, was very perfect,
though considerably reduced in weight. During the last twelve
months, Mr. Musket has been engaged in this important invei.
tigation, and has, we hear, at last irrought his 'about* to a ar.
tisfactory close, h
aving arrived at a knowledge of the chemical
process by which durability communicated to copper, and hav-
ing taken out a patent for the newly discovered method, Ile
has, we understand, lately visited Portsmouth, and has made,
at the works of that yard, a quantity of cooper, which it is in-
tended to try, under the direction of the Navy Board, on aeve.
rat of our ships of war.