The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-06-30 00:00:00

PROMOTIONS.

The Rev. Bariel Edward L2mpet, M.A. of Corpus Christ
College, Cambridge, to the Vicarage of Great Bardfield
Essex.

Hon. and. Rev. Edward Moore, to the Rectory of West
Ilsley, Berks, vacant by the death of the Rev. Dr. Goodall,
late Provost of Eton College.

Rev. Willoughby James Peter Burrell, B.A. to the Rec
tory of Belleau cure Aby, Lincolnshire.

Rev. William Mason, B.A. to the Vicarage of Farlesthorp,
Lincolnshire, vacant by the resignation of the Rev. J. J.
Lister.

Rev. Joseph Wix, M:A. of St. Peter's College, Cambridge,
to the Vicarage of Littlebury, Essex.
Rev. Whitwell Elwin, late Assistant Minister of Trinity
Church, Bath, to be the Chaplain of the Bath Workhouse.
The Duke of Grafton has been pleased to appoint the Rev.
Thomas Coldwell, Vicar of Apthorpe, Northamptonshire.
one of his Grace's Domestic Chaplains.
Rev. J. W. Coppard, M. A. Perpetual Curate of St. Mary
Plympton, Devon, to the Rural Dean of Plympton.
Rev. J. Wood, to be Assistant Minister of the parish of
Darlington, Durham, in the room of the Rev. Mr. Davis.
Rev. M. 'Bullock, M.A. of Corpus Christi College, Cam-
bridge, to the Rectory of Skirpenbeck, Yorkshire, vacant by
the resignation of the Rev. 0. Head.
Rev. James Sedgwick, M.A. Curate of Downham Market,
and formerly of St. John's College, Cambridge, to the Vicar-
age of Scalby, Yorkshire.
(From the Durham Advertiser.)

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DURHAM.-At a Convocation, holden on Wednesday,
June 23, HO, the following persons were presented, and
admitted ad eiqlem:—.

The Rev. Charles Kingsley, 8.C.L., of Sydney Sussex Col-
lege, Cambridge.
Sir Hedworth Williamson, Bart., M.A., of St. John's Col-
lege, Cambridge.
The Rev. John Duncombe Shafto, M.A., of Brasenose
College, Oxford.
The following persons were admitted ad enundem by vote
of the House : _

The Right Hon. Sir Charles Wetherell, Knight, D.C.L., of
Magdalene College, Oxford, and Chancellor of the
Palatinate.
The Rev. James Devereux Hustler, 8.D., late Fellow and
Tutor of Trinity College, Cambridge.
The Honorary Degree of D.C.L. was conferred on Lord
Viscount Chelsea, 8.A., of Oriel College, Oxford ; and the
Honorary Degree of M.A. on James David Forbes, M.A.
F.R.SS., London and Edinburgh, and Professor of Natural
Philosophy in the University of Edinburgh.
The following Students in Theology were licensed to pre-
sent themselves to the Bishop for Ordination :—Ralph
Robinson, M.A. ; George Heriot, B.A. ; Moorhoue Thomp-
son, B.A. ; Thomas Dalton, B.A. ; John Garencieres Pear-
son ; Samuel DuprZ!; Archibald James Douglas ; George
Frederic Hill; William Norval; William Sisson; Edward
Neville. Valentine Boydell ; Edmund Hohhouse, 8.A.,
Balliol College, Oxford ; John'Frederic Bigge, B.A. ; Wm.
Robert Hall, 8.A., Balliol College, Oxford.
The following Students in Arts were admitted to the de-
gree of B.A. :—Henry Wade Hodgson ; the Hon. William
George Grey ; Arthur Hyde Hulton.
The following Students in Civil Engineering and Mining
were admitted to the " Academical Rank of Civil Engineer" :
Edward Mitchell ; Arthur Beanlands ; George Barras Reed ;
John Stewart Browne.

The following persons were nominated by the Warden to
their respective offices, and approved by Convocation :
The Rev. Thomas Williamson Peile, M.A.; the Rev.
Charles Thomas Whitley, M.A., to the Proctors for the
ensuing year.
The Professors of Greek, the Junior Proctor, and John
Thomas, 8.C.L., to be examiners at the first and second
examinations of Students in Arts.
The Professor of Mathematics, the Lecturer in Chemistry,
William Lloyd Wharton, M.A., and the Rev. John
Gibson, M.A., to be examiners at the first and second
examinations of Students in Civil Engineering and
Mining. •