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London, England, 1821-05-21 00:00:00

Augustus Cecil Minchin, 241,A. Trinity College, Dublin.
Charles Burrell Cookes, M.A. Pembroke College, Oxford.

Thomas Gronow, Brasennow College, Oxford.
Charles Grant, S.C.L. St. Peter's College.
Baden Powell, M.A. Oriel College, Oxford.
OXFORD, MAY 19.
Thursday, William Rower Williams, B.A. of Queen's C.
lege, was elected a Vinerian Scholar' In the room of Name
William Senior, Fellow of Magdalen College.
May 5, the Rev Joieph Carter, M.A. Fellow of St. John's
College, was admitted Bachelor in Divinity.
May 8, the Rev. Richard Whateley, M.A. Fellow of Oriel
College, was elected to preach the Divinity Lecture Sermon
before the University next Lent Term, founded by the Roo.
John Hampton, M.A. Canon of Salisbury.
Thursday, the Rev. John 'faddy, M. A. some time Fellow of

..,cy College, Cambridge, was admitted ad eandens.
Same day the following Degrees were conferred:
MASTERS OT ARTS.

The Rev. Daniel Hughes, AU Souls' College.
The Rev. William Servante, Exeter Colleges
The Rev. Wm. Newland Pedder, Fellow of Worcester Coll.
Daniel Walton, Worcester College.
Thomas Butler, Scholar of Pembroke College.
Peter Tole, Fellow of New College.
William Ives, Magdalen ILII.
Charles Carr Clerke, Student of Elitist Church.
Daniel Veyde, ditto.
John Daniel Lewis, Oriel College.
The Rev. George Conlitte, Minot College.
The Its/. Charks Phellps, University College.
The Rev. Williams Valiance, ditto.
ZACIIZIAMS or MITS.

Codrington Parr, Esq. Magdalen Ilall, Grand Compounder.
Alexander Huntley Robertson Millie, Lincoln College.
John Coward, Scholar of Lincoln College.
Henry Augustus Holden, ♦Worcester College.
John Abbott, Ila'Rol College.
Edward Leigh Bennett, 111erton College.
Primatt Knapp, Merton College.
Richard Sparling Berry, Queen's College.
William Cleminson, Queen's College.
Richard Bingham, Magdalen Hall.
James Smith Townsend, Gael College.
William Bingham Baring, Oriel College.
Anthony ilesketh Gower, Christ Church.
Charles Thomas Plumtree, Univetsity College.
ECCLESIASTICAL PROISIO'CIONS.

The Rev. F.dward Addison, ILO. Senior Fellow of Corpus
Christi College, Cambridge, to the Rectory of Landbeach,
Cambridgeshire.
Friday sennight, the Rev. Thomas Mills, one of his Majesty's
Chaplains in Ordinary, was instituted, by the Bishop of Loodou,
to the Rectory of Little I fenny, in the county of Buts, void
by the rc%ignation of the Rev. Thomas Wright.
The 11ev. Edward And,rson, 11.1). Minor Canoe of Carlisle,
and Fellow of Queen's Colic ge, Cambridge, to the Rectory of
Kirkling, Nottinghamshire, in the room of the Rev. Mr. Jor-
dan, deceased.

The E*rl of Findlater has presented Mr. John Ferric., Preacher
of the Gospel, Glasgow, to the Parish and Church of Banff, va-
cant by the-death of the Rev. Abercrombie Gordon.
The Earl of Kintore has presered to the vacant Church and
Perish of Drumblede, Mr. It. J. Brown, Preacher of the Gospel.
Mr. Scott, of Gala, has presented Mr. Nathaniel Paterson to
the Church and Perish of Galashiels, vacant by the death of
the late Dr. Douglas.

Thursday se'nnight, the Senatus Aeademicua of the Univer-
sity of Edinburgh, conferred the degree of A.M. on Mr. Charles
Alackie, Preacher of the Gospel.

LONGEVITY.

It is a common opinion, that every generation of
man is less in stature, as well as shorter lived, than
that which preceded it. The Author of liraverky has
sliewn, from an examination of the stones into which
the Devil long ago converted a refractory witch
and her flock, that old women and geese are much
smaller now-a-days than they formerly were; and it
seems quite settled, that everything in this world
grows less and less, except taxes and straw-bonnets!
%Media there is any chance that these also may be
diminished in the course of ages, we know not, but
we hope so. The life also, as well as the stature, is
shorter. There are now very few giants with three
heads, and we cannot say we are sorry for it ; but
we should like to meet with a man seven or eight
hundred years old ; he would be able to tell us many
strange tales, and, we suspect, would make an excel-
lent Editor f a Newspaper. But, alas! there is no
hope.that we shall ever be blessed with such a sight;
for if we listen to the croakers of this age, a man of
forty has already one foot in the grave, and as for
the women, then wither from their cradles. To prove;
however, that times are not quite so bad as some good
people would have them to be, we can state, that
there are now living, within one mile of the White
Horse Inn, in Myerscough, about six miles from Pres-
ton (a district not remarkably populous), no fewer
than 27 persons, the youngest of whom is 72, and
three of them 93 years old, and the total amount of
whose ages is '2190 years. The fact is so curious,
that we give a list of their names, with their several
ages annexed :
Mr. Henry Blacow - 9S
Hannah Hothershall - P 3

mats

TWILL
Thomas Hindle - 79
James Wilkinson - - 79
Elizabeth Darlington - 7$
James Lee - - - 77
Mr. Ihrper - - - - 77
Mr. John Berton - 77
Elizabeth Rogerson - 76
Mrs. Barton - 74
Elisabeth Wells - - 74
Ann Cook - - - 72
Mary Wilkinson . 72
William Abbot 72

Hannah Lee - . - . 93
Mr. Richard Fisher - 91

A. Santas
Francis Welk - - - 86

John Darlington - - 86
James Sidgreaves - - Si

Richard L:itus - - 82

Agnes Handkar - - 82

RObert Amer - - - 84

Elizabeth Carter - - 81

Agnes Abbott - - - 80
lbabeUa Turner - - - 80

2,190

Lydia Cotton - -

A few days since, Henry Frost, weaver, at Sudbury,'
sold his wife (with the customary practice of a halter
tied round her neck) to one Robert Whiting, for Is. 6d.,
but the bargain being offensive to a number of females
present, they would have given the new bridegroom
a summary chastisement, had he not taken shelter in
a cottage, into which they pursued him, and he was
obliged at last to make his escape, by jumping out
of the chamber window.
On the 7th inst. an invalid soldier, named Diprose,
carried a sack of beans from Meopham Court Lodge
to Hartwell, a distance of three miles, and a bad
road, in one hour and twenty minutes. He had two
`hours given for the completion of his task. He had
the beans for his trouble.

BtiITRS.
l'hirsday,st Eremitical, the Lady of tha Rey. Ccorte ;..
Mark, of a eon.
R.Monday, at Twkkenhans, the Lily of Captain Wilbrat,avi.
N. of a daughter.
Friday se'nuight, at Cawsand, the Lady of Dr. Parkia,ll,,z.
of a son.
At Plymouth Dock, Mrs. Parry, wife of lieutenant par Ti.
R.N. of a son.
At Dartmouth, the Lady of J. R. Smith, Eq. Solicito: of
a son.—At the same place, the Lady of Mr. Chunitha, ,
of a daughter.
Tuesday, at ITT Cottage, near Exeter, the Lady of Major.
General lialkett. of a son.