The Sun.
London, England, 1856-12-05 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE.

OXFORD, DEC. 4.
In a Convocation holden this morning Mr. James Bruce,
M.A., and Mr. Ernest Bruce, M.A., of Trinity College,
Dublin, were admitted ad cundcia.
In a Congregation holden immediately afterwards, the
following degrees are conferred, viz. :
BACHELOR OF CIVIL LAW.
Frederick Elliot Blackstone (Fellow) New College
MASTER OF ARTS.
Rev. William John Wylie, Trinity College.
Henry Edward Legge, Christ Church.
BACHELOR OF ARTS.
Edward Lewis Bateman, University College.
Henry Titchborne Davenport, Christ Chinch.
Edward Cadogan, Christ Church.
Hans Stevenson Blackwood, Christ Church.
John Hope Barton, Christ Church.
William Fairlie Clarke, Christ Church.
Peter Browell Drabble, Worcester College.
William Barber, Worcester College.
Arthur Barthorp, Worcester College.
John Aldworth, Worcester College.
Charles Granville Clarke, Worcester College.
Thomas Broughton Buchanan, Exeter College.
Alexander Blair, Exeter College.
William Frederick Stocken, Exeter College.
Charles Purefoy Causton, Exeter College.
James Black Gray, St. John's College.
Charles Henry Everett, Baliol College.
John Begg Shaw, New Inn Hall.
Henry Stewart Cunningham, Trinity College.
Arthur Massletoft Curtis, Trinity College.
Horatio Carlyon, Trinity College.
John Collier Barker, Jesus College.
Frederick Fowler Bradford, St. Mary H.
Ernest Ridsdale Ellaby, Wadham College.
John Edward Codrington, Brasenose College.
Clement Leigh Coldwell, Pembroke College.
John Powell Hulings, Pembroke College.
James Merrick Guest, Pembroke College,
William Arnold, Pembroke College.
Robert Birtwhistle' Lincoln College.
Charles Henry Faithfull, Lincoln College.
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In a Convocation holden at two o'clock, the new statute,
permitting principals of halls to retain college fellowships,
was approved.
In a Congregation holden at the same time, two new
forms of statutes were accepted, having been, at a recent
congregation, promulgated. By one the powers and privi-
leges of the old Hebdomadal Board are, in accordance with
the requirements of the Oxford University Act, trans•
ferred to the new Hebdomadal Council ; by the other,
some portions of obsolete statutes are proposed to be abro-
gated, such portions being inconsistent with other new
statutes. So little interest was attached to these statutes,
that no one attended the Congregation except the officials
of the University.

ESCAPE OF A PRISONER FROM THE HOUSE OF DETEN.
TlON.—Yesterday morning a prisoner named Davis, who
was confined in the House of Detention awaiting trial at
the next Middlesex Sessions at Westminster on a charge
of stealing a watch, succeeded in escaping by getting
over the wall during the prevalence of the fog. It ap-
peared that he had strung a number of hammock straps
together, and at the end he tied the "gooze " belonging
to the tailors' shop. This ho threw over the wall,
was
it is presumed, by a preconcerted plan, some one
ready to hold it, so that the prisoner :night pull himself
to the top of the wall. The escape was discovered at
once, but the man had got clear off, and no tidings have
as yet been heard of him, .