Star.
London, England, 1806-12-27 00:00:00

OiFORP, DEQEYIBER lo:

Wednefday, the let day of Michaelmas Term, the
RAT. JOHN MILLION and NATNANIeG Hu ?Arai Y,
Lincoln College, and EDWARD Rs ?TON, of Magdalen
College, Were admitted Millers of Arts. Hl' crok
DAYIKS MOICAN, of Trinity College, Efq. vac ad•
'bitted Bachelor of Arts, Grand Compounder.—
Mars. JOHN WATKINS, Of Magdalen Hall ; Ttio
MAS WILLIAM TANNit, of Hertford College;
Hamar Jswitsras, nt Magdalen College ; and JOHN
I'Riax Bs. of Brafenole College, Were admitted Ba
chelors of Arts.

Mr. TIMOTHY Essex, Student in War, of Mag•
claim H. 411, was admrtled Bachelor of Mufic.
Monday latt Mr. WILLIAM EIiNRY Tut NLy, B. A.
of Oriel Colege, was unanimoully elated Vinetian
Scholar of Lew, in the mom of JOHN BARWIS,
Birriller of Law, and Fellow of gteen's Collc'e,
air) had completed ten years from the time of his
elation.

Comancartoor. —Toefday, at eleven o'cl,,clc, the
Convocation met in the Jerufalem Chamber. The
Archbifhop of Canterbury, attended by the !Mons
of London, &Ulu], Euters and Notwich, formed
the Upper Hnufe. The Luwer Houfc ptefcnted their
Prolocutor, the Dean of Weltruinner, who was in
troduced by their Precentor, Archhilhop Pott, wittia
Latin (peed). The Prolocutor then addieffed the
Affembly, and delivered a molt elegant Latin ora-
tion, in which he took occafion to pay a prorer tri-
bute to the memory of the late Bifbop of St. Afiph,
of whom he drew a molt lull and admirable pitTure.
The Arehhifhnp next fignified to the L. teer Houle,
that the Bifhops approved their eleeintt of Dr. Vin.
eenr. An Addrefs to his Majefly was then prowled
from the Convocation, which is to be prefeolef to the
King by a Deputation, the next day his Majcfty
comes to town.

At the Chapel Rnyal, on Sunday lan, thirty one
young men, from different diocefes, were ordained
by the Biihnp of Exeter.
His Grace the Archhifitop of CANTERBURY arrive.'
yetierday at Lambeth Palace, from Windfor, when
he had been to preach a Sermon on' the evening of
Ch►iltmas Day before Their Majarru a:.

There is a Sents Proverb which five—.
Gin at Yule algae's troll and fnaw,
Soon there'll be walling In the Ha';
Bet gin at Yuk the rain &aid fa',
'l ben the poor will gang to the we'.
The meaning of which ie that the rich who live in
rooms well carpeted, well heated with let coal, aerl
who keep theinfelvee wrapped pp in fur, earn it en
dote cold, and that the poor, eths.) are ill do 1e I,
cannot bear we.

The Gala given by the gallant Members of the
Bath Harmonic I=ociety to their fair friends on Fri.
day evening, at the Lower Rooms, was cond.:tied I
with the talte that has always charatfterifed thole en•
tertainmentr. and prnducld the natal gratification to 1
the brilliant female circle which attended h.
According to rumnur in the circles of faihi-n. the
Duke of Artorts (At indent in Edinburgh), is our
the eve of matt trirtny.
There is now in the lawn before Sir ABRAHAM
H u MIA Houle, a white thorn, in frill blofiom, and
blooming with all the flagrance ri May. Such a
circumflance is not in the recolleCtion of the tddeft
inhabitant in that neighbournnod. '
Yellerday Lord Vilcount Must've, entertained
the following company. and a few other friends to
dinner, at his bottle in Park lane :—the Marquis
and ?vlarchionefs of STA/FOND, the Earl of CAR LIJLP,
Lord GRANVILLS LLVIRSON Gowta, and Mr.
HOWARD.
Tt.e Duke of Culver errs. and fuite arrived nu
Tnefday evening at Trinity Lodge, Cambridge, on a
vifit to the Rev. Dr. MARRA!, the Mafter, when the
whole Society were invited to meet his Royal High-
! nets at a very elegant dinner. On WednrfJay, being
Commemoration day at Trinity College, his Royal
Highnefsdinod in the Cullege Hall, where there wes
nearly po perfrms.
Lord HOLLAND had a large party of friends on
Chrillosas Dag at Holland.houfe; among thofe pre.
fent were Lord• Howie', Lord H. Parry, Lord
Moartvrt,. Lord L. Cowrie, and Mr. Hoaxes.
Yellerday a Naval Officer undertook, for a waver
of tea guineas, to (Vim a very fine m.•dcl of a (hip,
,with fails fey, averts the Serpen•ine in Hyde Park,
in feven minutes. A number of genteel IpeCtat its
attended the aquatic exploit, and the breeze being
rather Strong, the little' veTel failed in the moil
pleafant and regular manner acrofs, in about five
minute.. _ _

...... .
A few mornings finee a young man, who is gene-
rally known by the name of Harry the Porter, nailed
from the port by the Swan at Weilmintler Bridge,
Winn along the three Bridges in thirty minutes. He '
ran along WettruintlPr Bridge, then turned down'.
Pedlar's Acre by Cuper's Bridge, down the Broad
Wall, and along 13Iackfriars Bridge, along Upper
Thamesfireet, and along Ludon Bridge, to the
Tumble down Dick at the font of London Bridge.
The time allotted was thirty minutes ; he performed
it in twenty feven minutes and a half, and woo all
the bet. with great apparent eafe.
A Shropfhire man, of the name of Glanville, who
was formerly hofiler at an inn at Horinfl mw, Owed
yefierday morning for a wager of So guirers to go
541 miles in 30 hours.—The ground fixed on fur this
extraordinary attempt, is, we underttand, from the
lath mile Rune on the Bath road to the 85th, and
back to the ,4th. Tire pedentian flatted with odds
againfl the performance, which is four macs and three
quarters an how, without tioppage.s.
Yeßerday Mr. NFvILLt, of Harley greet, was
thrown from hi. hod; which tank fright near
Grofvenor.pte, in Hyde Park, but t rtanately
efcaped with a cnntulion on the left tide of
his face.

An Inquifition was taken nn Wednefday at Bin.
field Grove, near Sunning-14H, en the body of Mils
Supple, a young Lady, 25 y!ais of age, who was
Ihot by a young man, incantionfly emoting himfelf
with a loaded gun. The decealc:i. who was on a
vilit at the honle of a friend, where the accident bEtel
her, was at needle work, in a parlour adjoining a
kitchen, when fire-arms were kept. Two young
gentlemen, who were belonping to the /lenge, took a
loaded piece -off a rack, and one or them jecolely
pointed it at the deceated, when by forte meant it
went off, and mortally wounded licr.—Verdia, Ac-
cidental Death.

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