The Sun.
London, England, 1833-12-19 00:00:00

OXFORD, DEC. 17.

This day, being the last day of Michaelmas Term, the
following Degrees were conferred
MASTERS OF ARTS-Philip Augustus Browne, Corpus,
Grand Compounder; Rev. Rice Robert Hughes, Jesus;
Rev. Robert Haynes, Pembroke; Rev. Henry Hughes,
Trinity ; Charles Orlando Fletcher, Exeter.
BACHELORS OF ARTS—Bryan Faussett, Corpus; Geo.
Villiers Thorpe, St. John's; Henry Hander Roberts,Mag-
dalen ; Samuel Horsley, Rilliol.

Lord Brandon, Viscountess Allen, and Ad-
miral Sir Henry Blackwood, whose names appear on the
Parliamentary Civil List Return, have died since the 30th
November, 1830, and the payments have, consequently,
been discontinued, the pensions not being granted in re-
version. Sir Henry Blacksvood's was only 661. per annum,
and had been held by him since 1816.

Lord John Russell is gone to Ersdleigh, the
Duke of Bedford's seat, near Tavistock. His Lordship
had arranged to arrive at Plymouth the day before yester-
day, in order to he present at a public dinner there, in
honour of his Lordship and Mr. Bulteel (son-in-law to
Earl Grey), as members for the southern division of the
county. It was, however, expected that Mr. Bulteel
would not be able to attend, in consequence of a very
recent dome-tic calamity—namely, the death of his mother.
Lord John Russell, on his route from Devonshire, will go
to Woburn Abbey.
Viscount Duncannon has arrived at his resi-
dence i❑ Cavendish-square, from the seat of his father, the
Earl of Besborough, in the county of Kilkenny. The
Noble Lord has come to town to resume the duties of his
office as First Commissioner of the Woods and Forests.
MARRIAGE IN HIGH LlFE.—Lady Cathe-
rine Grimstone, second daughter of the Earl of Verulam,
was on Tuesday married to the lion. Mr. Barham, son of
the Late Caroline Barhana. The ceremony was performed
by special license at Gorhambury, near St. Albans, the
country seat of the Noble Earl. A numerous and select
party partook of a sumptuous entertainment, and the
tenantry of the noble host were not forgotten on the happy
occasion. _ _ _

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NI. Dedel, the Dutch Ambassador, has le
Batt's Hotel, Dover-street, for Lord Palmerston's seat,
Broadlands, Romsey, Hants.
Lord Claude Hamilton, in travelling in the
Wisbeach stage, from Cambridge to London, the day be-
fore yesterday, unluckily lost his luggage, which, it is
supposed, fell from the coach in consequence of its being
too loosely strapped. The loss was not discovered until
the stage reached Threadneedle-street. Among the arti-
cles lost was a dress suit intended to be worn at the ap-
proaching festival at Woburn, to which place he was on
his way to join his brother, the Marquis of Abercorn.
COMMISSION DE LUNATICO INQUIRENDO.
--A Commission was executed yesterday afternoon, at
three o'clock, at Canonhury House Tavern, before Com-
missioners Philliroore, Winslow, and Blunt, v.iien, after
hearing evidence at some length, the Jiny returned for
verdict :—" That Rebecca Johnson is a lunatic, of un-
sound mind, and not competent to manage her own
affairs, and that she has been in that state since the 21st
of June, 1831."
By the Hamburg letters of Friday, it appears
that the rate of discount was 4 per cent., which is un-
usually high in that place. No other circumstance worth
notice is adverted to in these letters.
A gentleman residing in the neighbourhood
of Romsey, has entered into an engagement with a but-
cher to supply him with game for sale, the latter paying
for it in meat, which is to be distributed among the poor
of the parish in which the former resides.
It has been proposed that St. Thomas's Hos-
pital, which is about to be rebuilt, should be removed to
Lambeth, Guy's Hospital, which adjoins St. Thomas's,
affording ample room for the wants of its immediate neigh-
bourbood.
The introduction of the process of bleaching
by chlorine has added largely to the supply of materials
for not only the waste of our cotton
ff ao crtoPrai ePse,r-but a
are keivng ;
even the m
ade to
worn-out
serve bagsthe
in whichsamepurpose
the
cotton
is imported,
as
linen rags; so that neither the loss of the Continental
rags in which the Americans out-bid us, nor the daily
increasing consumption of paper, have occasioned any
increase of its price. It is not only of superior quality,
but 50 per cent. cheaper than it was 25 years ago.
ALARMING FIRE AT OXGATE FARM,
WILLESDEN.-The above farm was nearly destroyed by
fire yesterday morning. It was first discovered by one
of the men servants about six o'clock, who, after giving
an alarm, succeeded in rescuing the horses and cows. In-
formation was immediately forwarded to the nearest
station in town (there being no engine at Willesden),
when an engine belonging to the London Fire Engine
Establishment, accompanied by a party of firemen, pro-
ceeded to the spot and subdued the fire, after it bad con-
sumed the stables, cowhouses, and part of a large barn.
Mr. T. Lardner, the proprietor of the farm, is uninsured ;
but the premises, which belong to the Duke of Bucking-
ham, are.