The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-03-24 00:00:00

MONDAY

Viscount Melbourne had an audience of the Queen, on
Saturday,
His Royal Highness Prince Albert visited the Duchess of
Gloucester, yesterday, at Gloucester House. His Royal
Highness, attended by some officers of his househole, rode
out on horseback, on Saturday.
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager and her Royal High-
ness the Princess Augusta attended Divine service yester-
day morning, in the Chapel Royal, St. James's. The sermon
was preached by the Bishop of Rochester, from St. Matthew,
chap. 20, verse 16. The prayers were read by the Rev. Mr.
Packman, the lessons by the Rev. Mr. Povah, and the com-
munion service by the Bishop of London and the Rev.
Messrs. Packman and Povah. The chaunt, Sanctus, and
commandments, were by J. B. Sale. Dr. Arnold's service
in F., and the anthem " Thou, 0 God, art praised in Sion,"
(Greene),
was sung by Messrs. Wylde and Horncastle. Mr,
J. B. Sale presided at the organ. The Rev. J. Vane was
the Deputy Clerk of the Closet in Waiting. Her Majesty
Aiiiest was attended
the Queen Dowager was attended by the Viscountess Bar-
rington,u Hon. Miss Mitchell, and Earl Howe. The Princess
Augusta
yoMr Chapel.
The Duke
of Cambridge attended Divine service, yester
day morning, in Grosvenor
The Duchess. and the Princess Augusta of Cambridge at-
church. Miss Kerr wgauset waiting
at-
tended Divine service yesterday
Oanft
theirerli oon ,
Royali St.
Her Majesty the Dowager attended Divine James's
Highnesses.
service,
'esterday afternoon, in the Chap el Royal,
Majesty visited the Princess Sophia, at Kensington, on
Saturday.
The Princess Augusta visited the Duchess
on Saturday, at Gloucester House. The of Gloucester,
Duke and Duchess
of Cambridge also visited the Royal Duchess.

The King of Holland has determined on marrying the
Countess d'Oultremont, to the great disgust of the nation.
The lady is not of rank suitable—she is a Belgian—and she
is a Papist.

ECCLESIASTICAL AND UNIVERSITY
INTELLIGENCE.

(From the Oxford Herald.)
In a Convocation holden on Thursday last, the Degree of
Doctor in Civil Law by diploma (the highest honour the
University can bestow) was conferred upon His Royal High-
ness Prince Albert. -

In the same Convocation, the nomination of the Rev. W.
Edward Jell, M.A. Student of Christ Church, to be a Pub-
lic Examiner in Literis Humanioribus was unanimously ap-
proved.

On Monday last, the Rev. Stephen Reay, M.A., of St.
Alban Hall, and one of the Sub-Librarians of the Bodleian
Library, was elected Laudian Professot of Arabic in the
room of Dr. Knatchbull, of All Souls' College, who has re-
signed.
Mr. Harris Smith, Scholar of Oriel College, has been
elected to the University Scholarship for the encouragement
•of Latin Literature. The Electors consider it right to men-
tion that Mr. Henry Cotton, a Student of Christ Church,
distinguished himself at the examination.
Mr. Edward Kent Karsiake, Student of Christ Church,
has been elected a Scholar on Dean Ireland's Foundation ;
and the Electors have made it known that Mr. Montague
Bernard, Scholar of Trinity College, distinguished himself
at the examination.
On Thursday last, Mr. William Hedley was elected and
admitted Scholar ou the Michael Foundation at Queen's
College.
Yesterday, Mr. Edward Huntingford, Scholar of New
College, was admitted Actual Fellow of that Society.
Yesterday, the Rev. Lewis Gilbertson, M.A. Scholar of
Jesus College, was elected Fellow of that Society.
Yesterday, the following gentlemen were elected Scholars
of University College :—Mr. Bolland, of University College,
to the Bennet Scholarship ; Mr. Bradley, from Rugby
School, and Mr. Slesson, from Tiverton School, to the open
Scholarships.
The Rev. Joseph Webster, M.A. of Trinity College, and
Lecturer of St. Andrew's, Droitwich, has been instituted to
the Rectory of Hinlip, Worcestershire ; patron, J. Webster,

E The Rev. J. E. Riddle, M.A. of St. Edmund Hall, has
been appointed to the Curacy of New Church at Leckhamp-
ton, Gloucestershire.
Dr. Bramsen, we hear, has been commissioned by an emi-
nent banking house in London, to select in the University a
gentleman for a companion to the Crown Prince of Bavaria.