The Sun.
London, England, 1840-01-04 00:00:00

UN IVEUSITY INTELLIGENCE.

CANIVRIDGF,, JAN. 4.--«'e have authority for stating
hat the Rev. Henry Pepys, B. D., vicar of Westmill,
Flerts., and of Moreton, Essex, Prebendary of Wells, and
'orrocrly Fellow of St. John's College, in this University,
sto he the new Bishop of Soder and Man. The former
iving is in the gift of the Earl of Hardwicke, and the lat-
er in the gift of the blaster and Fellows of St. John's

College. The Rev. Gentleman is the brother of the Lord
Chancellor, Lord Cottenham, .
On Monday last the Rev. Dr. Mill. of Trinity College,
was appointed Christian Advocate of this University, in
the room of the Rev. G. Pearson, B. D.

On the same day the Hulsean prize was adjudged to
Arthur Shelley Eddis, 8.A., of Trinity College, in this
University, for his essay on the following subject:—
" The Christian scheme considered as a Discipline of
Humility."
The Rev. Yate Fosbroke, M.A., formerly of Clare
Hall, in this University, Curate and Lecturer of Enfield,
Nliddlesex, has been instituted by the Bishop of Ely to the
vicarage of St. Ives, Huntingdonshire, void by the decease
of the Rev. C. J. Baines.

The Rev. James Coghlan, M. A., of Queen's!College,
in this University, has been appointed incumbent of on• of
the new churches of Bethnal Green.
The Rev. J. Nalson, of Queen's College, in this Uni-
versity, has been elected to the Mastership of Rotherham
Grammar School.

On Thursday week, the Rev. Thomas Berney, M. A.,
was instituted to the Rectory of Hockering, with Mattis-
ball Bergh annexed, Norfolk, on the presentation of Thos.
Trench Berney, Esq., of Norton Hall, Norfolk.
DEATH or THE Ray. R. WOOD, D.D.—The death of
this talented and respected Minister of the Established
Church, took place at half-past three on Tuesday morning
the 24th ult„ at Mansfield, Northamptonshire, at a very
advanced age. The deceased has left a wife and two chil-
dren and a brother and sister, to lament most deeply his
loss. He was upwards of 30 years chaplain to the county
gaol, and for upwards of 40 years was first usher and then
head master of the Free Grammar School, Northampton.
He was a relation of the learned and highly-gifted, and as
much respected master of St. John's College, Cambridge,
the Very Rev. J. Wood, D. D., Dean of Ely, whose death
took place in April last.
At an ordination held in Worcester Cathedral by the
Bishop of the diocese, on Saturday, the 21st ult., being
St. Thomas's Day, the following gentlemen were ordained :
PRIESTS—The Rev. G. Scott. B. A., Fellow of Worces-
ter, Oxford ; the Rev. G. A. Blakeley, B. A., of Worces-
ter, Oxford ; the Rev. G. W. Robinson, B. A„ of St,
Peter's, Cambridge ; the Rev. H. Mills, B. A., of Balliol,
Oxford ; the Rev. T. S. Jones, 8.A., Scholar of St.
John's, Cambridge; the Rev. W. N. T. Marsh, 8.A., i
of Oriel, Oxford.
DEACONS—G. Brewin, B. A., of Christ's, Cambridge ;
H. S. Eyre, B. A., of Christ Church, Oxford ; W. Mat-
thias, B. A., of Brazennose, Oxford; R. H. Baxter, 8.A.,
of Brazennose, Oxford; A. F. Merrivale, M. A., Fellow
of Trinity, Cambridge ; C. F. Smith, B. A., of Queen's.
Cambridge, on letters dismissory from the Bishop of
Chester ; R. Jones, of St. David's, Lampeter, on letters
dismissory from the Bishop of St. David's.
OXFORD, Dac. 28.—The following gentlemen have
been elected Students of Christ Church College :—Henry
Cotton, W. A. Buckland, Charles A. Conybere, W. W.
Hall, Charles W. W. Wynn, Edward Rogers, Francis H.
Murray, Richard Garth, also Thomas Green and Maurice
C. M. Swabey, who were from Westminster School in.
May last.
The trustees of the estates devised by Mr. W. Hulme
will, on February 10, 1840, nominate and presect to the
vicarage of Preston, and to the perpetual curacy of Church
Kirk, both in Lancashire, two individuals who either are,
or have been, exhibitioners, on the foundations of the said
Mr. W. Hulme at Brazennose College, and have taken
the degree of Arts in the University of Oxford, and been
admitted into Holy Orders. Candidates to apply by letter,
with proper testimonials, to Mr. Thomas Markland, se-
cretary, Manchester, on or before the 25th day of Ja-
nuary next.

DURITAM.—At a recent convocation_
The Rev. Henry Jenkyns, M. A—, T:'rofessor of Greek,
was nominated by the Warden to, the office of Sub-Warden
of the University for the ensuing year.
William Lloyd Wharton; M. A., was nominated by the
Warden, and approved by convocation, to the office '1 a
Curator of the Observatory.
The Rev. Thomas Williamson Peile, M A., and the
Rev. Charles Thomas Whitley, M.A., the Proctors for
the present year, made the requisite declarations on being
admitted to their offices.
The following persons were admitted ad eundemby vote
of the house
The Very Rev. Peter Serimshire Wood, D. C. of
Oriel College, Oxford, Dean of her Majesty's Collegiate
Church at Middlebam.
The Rev. Henry Joseph Maltby, M. A., of Caius Col-
lege, Cambridge, Chaplain to the Bishop of Durham.
George Wray, M.A., Fellow of St. John's College,
Cambridge, Head Master of the Grammar School, Dar-
lington.
William Weigh ;man, M. A., of Queen's College, Oxford.
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eundtin ; '.'fing persons were presented and admitted ad
; Saluabury Humphreys, 8.A., Brazennose College,
I Oxford.

B. E. Dwarris, 8.A., Van Mildert scholar, has been
elected to one of the Fellowships lately established by the
Dean and Chapter.
Lionel Gisborne has been admitted a student'on the
foundation, on the nomination of the Rer. T. Gisborne.