The Sun.
London, England, 1840-12-12 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

CAMBRIDGE, DEc. 12.—At_a congregation on Wednes•
day last, the following degrees were conferred :--
DOCTOR IN PHYSIC.—John Barret Mulson, Trinity
Col lege.
MASTERS OF Alas.—Ralph Sadlier Drayton, Trinity
College; Henry Carrington, Caius College ; Alexander
Richard Kirkpatrick, Trinity Hall ; Christopher Temple,
Magdalene College.
BACHELOR OF ARTS.--Thomas Benjamin Lichford Hall,
Sydney College.
At the same congregation the following graces passed
the Senate :

To grant 30/. from the University chest towards the
purchase of a collection of plants from the Phillippine
Islands, to be added to the collection in the Botanical
Museum.

To grant to the Episcopal Library in Jamaica, esta-
blished under a bequest of Archbishop Tenison for the
use of students in Divinity, two copies of all theological
books which have been printed at the University Press
on account of the University ; and also of such editions
of the Bible as may be selected by the Syndics of the
Press.

At the same congregation, John Gibbons, M. A.,
of Balliol College, Oxford, was admitted ad eunden of this
University.
GONVILLE AND CAIUS COLLEGE.—At a meeting of the
Master and Fellows of this Society on the 11th inst., the
Rev. John Rustat Crowfoot was elected a Fellow on the
Wendy Foundation.
Cnossa SCIIOLARSHIP.--011 Saturday last, Charles
John Elliott„ of Catharine Hall, in this University, was
elected a University Scholar on the Crosse Foundation.

A report has been in circulation during the present
week of the death of that estimable, clergyman, the Rev.
Meivill ; we believe, however, there is no authority for
the rumour, as we hear the Rev. Gent. is now na his way
to Rome or Naples.
The Rev. Joseph Wood, B. A., of St. John's College,
in this University, has been presented to the Incumbency
of the New Church, lately erected at Clayton-1e- Dale,
Lancashire.

The Rev. Alexander Annand, late of Jesus College, in
this University, to the Perpetual Curacy of Road, North-
amptonshire, vacant by the death of the Rev. William
Butlin. Patrons, the Duke of Grafton and Rev. John
Risley.
The Rev. M. T. Farrer, 8.A., of Trinity College. in
this University, has been appointed by the Earl of Eldon
one of his Lordship's Domestic Chaplains.

CLERICAL INTELLIGENCE.

PREFERMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS.

The Lord Bishop of London has collated the Rev.
Charles Parr Burney, D. D., to the Archdeaconry of St.
Alhac!s, vacant by the cession of the Rev• William Hale.
On Thursday week, the Rev. James Bcdingfield, 8.A.,
was instituted to the Vicarage of Debenham, Suffolk, on
the presentation of Lord Henniker.
The Bishop of Chichester has appointed the Rev. Ed-
wnril H. Johnson, of North Lodg,, one of his chaplains.

Patron, Lord Ward.
Vie Rev. S. Richards, late of Bath, to the Rectory of
Thorp, Yorkshire. Patroness, Lady Effingham.
OBITUARY.
At Market Bosworth, Lexestershire, of which parish he
had been 52 years rector, the Rev. Thomas Wright, M. A.,
in his 85th year.
In the 89th year of his age, the Rev. Weatenhall Sneyd,
rector of Bletchingley, Surrey, and upwards cf 40 years
curate and vicar of Newchurch; Isle of Wight.
years rector of
ileAattefidei7d7,,sthoemeßresevt.shTirheo.mas Cornish, 53
At Southampton, the Rev. Geo. Seeker, prebendary of
St. Paul's, aged 74.
At Tything, aged 50, the Rev. T. Hades, late of Har-
vington, near Evesham.
At Longfleet,
Poole, aged 85, the Rev. T. Rackett,
rector of Spettisbury and Charlton, Dorset, during very
nearly 60 years.
Oaf,irdshire, the
Rev. 0
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not recollected,vi3 visited
werew ivtehry a gene-
ral STORNI.—Sinee the gale of January, 1838,
equalled that which com-
ral
the effects
d at five o'clock on Sunday night, and did not abate
until 3 o'clock,
me?" P m yesterday, (Monday). Alter a day
of heavy and unceasing rain, the wind sprung up from the
cLssooflawti hnigc,h, we it
will be
South and S ,nth West, on Sunday exening ;
which, for duration and severity,
at ten o'cicck
the gale-set in with every indication of a continuance ;at
12 it blew tremendously, and, without the least intermission,
prevailed during the remainder of the night and all yester-
day, up to three, when there being a slight shift of wind,
the storm suddenly lulled. The vessels laying along the
northern branch of the River, particularly those in ballast,
were with difficulty preserved from rolling overon their sides.
Very little, if any damage has been reported as having hap-
pened in the river ; and we hope that a similarly satishc-
toiy account will be mode in regard to those ly'ng at
Cove. a List of which will be found in another column.
Up to eleven o'clock, however, cur early Cove note, due
at eight, had not arrived. We are in hourly expectation
of a communication from thence. In 111-,.. mean time, it is
pleasing to state that, doting the gale of Sunday night,
the Victory steamer arrived from Bristol, and anchored
safely at her moorings. Considerable mischief has be-
Ml:n numerous houses in the outlets ; some being partly
blown down, whilst others have been entirely stripped.
In the streets tevrral roofs have been partly stripped of
their slates and tiles. Two or three shop windows were
literally blown in at Leitrim ; end wbat the Wide,itre et
Board, by its contractor, had been, in vain, called upon
lo perform, has been effected—namely, the total washing
away of the heaps of mud and filth that had been
allowed to accumulate in the leading portion of that dis-
trict. From the northern, eastern, and western towns, we
gather that the storm was severely felt. The rivers are
swollen to a great height; all the lower grounds and less
elevated roads are inundated, and extensive damage has
been sustained by small cuttiers in every direction. Two
o'clock—All well at Cove. Owing to Excellent precau-
tions, all the vessels lyiag at Cove rode out the gale. Two
or three, during yesterday, parted from their anchors, but
were again secured, without the least damage arising._
Cork Southern Repoqer.

THE WILL OF THE LATE MARQUIS CAMDEN.
—The will of the Most Honourable John Jeffreys Mar-
quis Camden has just passed the seal of the Lord Arch-
bishop of Canterbury, and administration has been granted
to his eldest son, the present Marquis, sole executor.
The personal property of the deceased has been sworn
under 40,0001., to be divided equally among his young
children ; and it is generally understood that the
hereditary estates do not excaed 8,0001. a year. When
it is recollected that the deceased Nobleman, many
years since, voluntarily relinquished an annual in-
come of great magnitude, and paid into the public
treasury the receipts of his (Ate of Teller of the Exche-
quer, to the amount of 12,0001. a year, the very moderate
revenue left to support the title, and the still more mode-
rate to be divided among the younger children, being
taken into the account, it is not too much to say, that
more splendid example of disinterested and self-denying
patriotism is not to be found in the annals of any age or
nation. The late Marquis had held many high offices in
thealso,
L d:having been successively Lord'Privy Seal. Lord
of Ireland, Secretary of State for the Colonies,
nrailitPresident of the Council. The Marquis was
State,ljta(''t his death, Chancellor of the University of Cam-
bridge, and Lord Lieutenant and Vice Admiral of the
Couety of K7nt.—Britannia.
The German Silver, which is now coming into
vogee, has been introduced, as its name denotes, by the
Germans into Europe ; but it is nothing more than the
white copper long known in China. It does not contain
a single particle of real silver ; for it is only an alloy of
I
copper,
nickel, and zinc. Although but now getting into
general use in England, it has been no novelty to the ma-
nufactories of Beeningham for these thirty years.—Popu-
lar Errors, by John Timbs.
The herring fishery in the Exe has continued
during the past week, and we are told that it is calculated
that 1,000 tons have bean taken during the month of No-
ember. The oyster fishery has been a total failure.—.
Western Luminary,