The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-07-21 00:00:00

EGYPT,

It appears that an eminent British merchant (Mr. Briggs,
of the firm of Briggs and Co., of Alexandria) left Damascus
for Beyrout, with an escort of 50 men, and that finding him-
self deserted by his escort, he learned for the first time that
the' country was in full insurrection. He was, however, with
his lady, treated with the greatest respect by the insurgents,
who conducted them in safety to Beyrout.

Intense anxiety prevailed in Alexandria respecting the issue
of the negotiations with the Porte.
Our intelligence from Malta is dated the sth inst. The
Malta Times of that day gives under date Alexandria, June
26, the following paragraph :—" We are all bustle; about
8,000 men have been sent to Syria, and more are to be em-
barked. The Nile steamer has taken Abbas Pasha to Bey-
rout to take the command of the troops in that quarter.
They sailed this morning. Altogether about 19 sail of fri-
gates and sloops of war have sailed to Syria."

ECCLESIASTICAL AND UNIVERSITY
INTELLIGENCE.

(From the Oxford Herald.)

In a Convocation holden On Saturday last, Oliver Har-
grave, Esq. M.A. of Trinity College, Cambridge, was ad-
mitted ad eundem. _

In a Cor?gregation holden at the same time, the following
Degrees Were.confeered ;

DOCTOR. IN CIVIL LAW.
Arthur Robartes Adams, Fellow of St. John's College
BACBELOR. IN CIVIL LAW BY COMMUTATION.
John Whitlock, Nicholl, Jesus College.
MASTERS OF ARTS.

Rev. Frederic 'William Briggs, Magdalen Hall.
Rev. Orlando Haydon B. Hyman, Fellow of Wadham
College.

Ite;:Charles Wadham Diggle, Scholar of Wadham College

BACirELORS OF ARTS

William Hombersley, Christ Church, grand compounder
John Thadeus Delane, Magdalen Hall..
John Nicholson, Scholar of Brasenose College.

The Examiners' (appointed by the Board of Control) of
Candidates for the East India College, for the ensuing Term,
are the Rev. Thomas Dale, M. A. Vicar of St. Bride's ; the
Rev. Robert Eden, M.A. late Fellow of Corpus Christi Col-
lege ; and the Rev. C. W. Saxton, M.A. of Christ Church,
in the room of Professor Key. _ _ _

We have heard that it is likely the Rev. Connop Thirlwall
will be the new Bishop of St. David's:—Globe (Ministerial
paper.)
It is reported that the Archdeacon of Cardigan will be the
new Bishop of St. David's. We hope the on dit will prove
correct. The worthy Archdeacon is the facile princeps of
Welsh scholars : he bore away the first honours at the Uni-
versity, is a profound scholar, and a most amiable worthy
man.—Hereford Journal.
The Rev. Henry Vane, B.D. Fellow of Dulwich College,
Clerk of the Closet to Her Majesty, and Domestic Chaplain
to Lord Holland, has received the appointment of Dean of
Durham.—Globe [This is contradicted by the Morning
Chronicle.]
The Rev. Abel John Ram, M.A. of Oriel College, has
been presented,' y the Trustees of the late Rev. C. Simeon,
to the principal Curacy of Beverley Minster.
The Rev. G. Waddington has appointed the Rev. Thomas
Charles Wilson, B.A. of Magdalen Hall, to the Curacy of
Kirkby Malzeard, West Riding of Yorkshire.
The Countess of Warwick has appointed the Rev. Thomas
Parry, M.A. of Balliol College, Perpetual Curate of Baunton,
in the county of Gloucester, to be one of her Ladyship's Do-
mestic Chaplains.
The Rev. John Meredith, M.A. of Christ Church, and of
High Ercall, Shropshire, to the Mastership of Donnington
School, and the Incumbency of Uppington, Shropshire ;
patron, the Duke of Cleveland.