The Sun.
London, England, 1844-01-02 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY IN TELLIGENCE.

OXFORD, DEC. 30.—Me:,srs. C. J. Webber, C. V.
Harcourt, H. A. Hervey, and C. S. Fortescue, have been
elected students of Christ Church.

The Rev. T. Dry, of Merton College, has been unani-
mously elected head-master of Sir W. Paston's Fne
Grammar School, North Walsham, Norfolk.
The following clergymen have been installed as pre-
bendaries of Hereford cathedral :—The Rev. W. E.
Evans, Rev. J. Veen, Rev. J. B. Webb, Rev. W. J.
Thornton.

The Rev. W. Grigsen has been presented, on his °an
petition, to the rectories of Whinbergh and Westfield, in
the county of Norfolk-7value 283/. per annum.
The Dean and Canons of Windsor have presented the
Rev. S. J. Lott to the perpetual curacy of Branninch,
Devonshire—value 1021. per annum.
F. Nassau, Esq., has presented the Rev. P. Pering to
the rectory of Fersfield, in the county of Nurfulk—value
325/. per annum.
The Marquis of Bristol has presented the Rev. J. A.
Smith to the rectory of Shotley, in the county of Suffolk
—value 6041. per annum.

The Dean and Chapter of Norwich have presented the
Hey. J. Spurn,ll to the perpetual curacy of West Beck-
ham, in the county of Norfolk—value 611. per annum.

DEATH OF A ONCE CELEBRATED

CHARACTER.

An individual died here a short time since, who ob-
tained an unenviable celebrity more than twenty years
ago. This was the Bishop of Clogher, who was indicted
for a crime, committed in St. James's, London, in 1822,
forfeited bail and fled, was degraded from his ecclesias-
tical dignity, and has never been heard of till now. He
kept house at No. 4, SaliNbury-place, under the assumed
name of Thomas Wilson, to which he removed four
years ago, having previously resided in Glasgow. His
mode of living was extremely private, scircely any
visitors being known to enter his dwelling, but was
remarked that the post occasionally brought him letters
sealed with coronets. His incognito was wonderfully pre-
served ; it was only known to one or two individuals in
the neighbourhood, who kept the secret till after his death.
The application for interment was made in the name of
Thomas Wilson. There was a plate upon the coffin which
he had got prepared some years before; but without any
name upon it. I: bore a Latin inscription, the sense of
which was as follows :—" Here lie the remains of a great
sinner, saved by grace, whose hope rests in the atoning
sacrifice of the Lord Jesus Christ." The preparation of
this inscription years before shows that he was deeply
penitent. Ile was very anxious to conceal his true
name, having got it carefully obiterated from his books
and articles of furniture. He gave instructions that his
burial should be in the nearest. churchyard, that it should
be conducted in the most private and plain manner, and
at six in the morning. His directions were complied with
except in the selection of the ground. His body was
drawn to the new cemetery in a hearse with one horse,
followed by five mourners in a one-horse coach, at seven
in the morning. Such was the obscure and humble
death and funeral of the Hon. and Rev, Percy Jocelyn,
the son of a Peer, who spent the early years of his life
in the society of the great, and held one of the highest
ecclesiastical dignities in the empire; He was uncle to
the present Lord Roden.—Scotsman.

SINGULAR DEATH OF A YOUNG WOMAN BY FIRE.
—On Saturday Mr. liak. r h. Id ai, hire
Rant, Aift, d:street, Bow, Middlesox, on the body of
Sarah Walton, abed thirty years. Mrs. Eliza Reeve
st..t. that un Thua sday evening last, about half-past ten
o'clock, the deceased went into a water-closet at the back
of the dwelling-house of a Mr. Atwell, at whose house
she was spending the evening. In a short time after-
wards a great light was observed issuing therefrom, and
on going to ascertain the cause, she found the deceased
enveloped in flames. A candle she had taken with her
was lying on the floor, apparently extinguished by the
fall. Her clothes were burning upwards. Deceased was
completely paralysed, and did not either cry or speak.
Witness raised an alarm, and procured immediate assist-
ance from several persons in the house, and the flames
were put out, but not before she was dreadfully burnt all
over the body. Dr. Ansell was sent for, who adminis-
tered the proper remedies, but sho died on Friday morn-
ing from the effects of the injuries she sustained. Ver-
dict—" Accidental Death."
DEATH OF LADY KENSINGTON.—We have to an-
nounce the demise of this respected lady, who expired on
Friday morning, at Hastings, Sussex, where the family
had been re iding some length of time. Her Ladyship,
daughter of Mr. H. Thomas, married Lord Kensington
on the 2d of Dec., 1797, by whom the deceased had a
family of 14 children, eight of whew are living.