Complex sentence: Grey's government supported the bill to establish the university, despite it limiting its degrees to Anglicans, and the University of Durham was established by Act of Parliament in 1832, opening in 1833.
Split into simpler sentences: Grey's government supported the bill to establish the university, despite it limiting its degrees to Anglicans. Thus the University of Durham was established by Act of Parliament in 1832, and opened in 1833.