The Lord Bishop of Winchester proposes to hold his next general Ordination on Sunday, the 15th of December. The Lord Bishop of Worcester purposes holding a general Ordination on the 21st of December, being St. Thomas's Day. The Lord Bishop of Chester's next Ordination will be holden at Chester, on the 22nd of December. The Lord Bishop of Chichester will hold an Ordination in the Cathedral on Sunday, the 22nd of December. The Lord Bishop of Gloucester intends holding a general Ordination in the Cathedral on Sunday, the 22nd of December. The Lord Bishop of Salisbury has advertised another Ordination for the third Sunday in April next. The candidates are to send in their papers by the last day of December, and to appear for their first examination the second Tuesday in January, 1834. Information with regard to the books in which they are to be examined, may be obtained from Edward Davies, Esq., Registry, Close, Salisbury. CLERICAL APPOINTMENTS. Forsyth, Robert............ Surrogate for Granting Marriage Licenses in the Diocese of Jenkyns, H. Harding, Rev. Mr. Perkins, John............................ Greek Professor in the University of Durham. Surrogate for granting Marriage Licenses in the Diocese Proctor in the University Court, Oxford. Domestic Chaplain to the Right Hon. and Rev. the Earl of Master, Wm....... ...... Saltash Kirkby Thore and Hardwick R Holy Trinity, Kings- St. Endilian R. County. Diocese. Cornwall Exon { Hants Wint. Chester Chester Cornwall Exon } Westmor. Carlisle Glouces. Glouc. Cornwall Exon Staffords. L. & Cov. Ampney St. Mary P. C. Glouces. Bucknell R. Redruth Glouces. Exon Devon Oxford Oxon Chester Chester Coppenhall R. Patron. Earl of Mount Edge cumbe Bishop of Winton Earl Grosvenor D. & C. of Windsor Lord Chancellor W. H. Beach, Esq. Esq. New Coll., Oxon. Hereford R. B. More, Esq. Kirk V., Whelpington Northum. Durham Plumptre, H. S., Minister of St. Mary's Chapel, Lambeth, Su. { of Lambeth St. Edmund the K. & Martyr, Lombard-st.he King, and Suffolk Abp. of Canterbury Norwich Mr. Pettiward Bishop of Ely SOnehouse R., Glouces. Glouces. Corporation of Bristol Govs. of Christ's Hos. Devon Exon The Lord Bishop of St. David's has been pleased to institute the Rev. Charles Griffith, P.C. of Llandygwydd, to the Rectory of Talachddu, in the county of Brecon, vacant by the death of the late Morgan Price, on his own presentation. His Lordship has also been pleased to institute the Rev. Richard Payne Davis to the living of LlangastyTalyllyn, vacant by the death of his father. IRELAN D. Rev. Robert Loftus Tottenham, eldest son of the Bishop of Clogher, has been presented to the parish of Rossory, vacant by the death of the Rev. Alexander Auchinleck. The Rev. Vicar-General Foster, author of the work which represents Mahommedanisin as the fulfilment of the blessing on Ishmael, has been presented by the Very Rev. Dean of Limerick to the vacancy, occasioned by the demise of Mr. Osborne, in the minor canonry and a seat in the chapter. The Lord Bishop of Limerick has been pleased to appoint the Rev. William Adamson, late Assistant-Curate at Ennis, to the Curacy of Loughill, in the county Limerick. The Rev. Frank Hewson, A.B., has been appointed, by permission of the Hon. and Right Rev. the Bishop of Killaloe, Assistant-Curate to the Rev. Ralph Stoney, of Terryglass, county Tipperary. On the application of the Rev. John Macbeth, incumbent of Templebodane, Cloyne, the Lord-Lieutenant has appointed Dennis O'Callaghan, and James Barry, Esqrs., to carry the Tithe Composition Act into effect in that living. Rev. W. R. Nash, Vicar of Kilcaskin, in the diocese of Ross, has been presented to the Vicarage of Kilbonane, in the diocese of Cork, vacant by the death of the Rev. E. W. Warren. Rev. Mr. Pagnel has been presented to the living of Ballintemple, void by the resignation of the Rev. Mr. Armstrong, presented to the living of Templemore. The Rev. Thomas L. Coghlan has been appointed, by the Lord Bishop of Cloyne, to the Curacy of Cove, in the room of the Rev. Mr. Drew, who has got the Curacy of Youghall. The Rev. Samuel Medlicott has been inducted into the living of Loughrea. His Grace the Lord Primate has promoted the Rev. Robert Millar to the perpetual Curacy of Balleek. The Archbishop of Dublin has presented the Rev. John Mayers, Domestic Chaplain to the Earl of Wicklow, to the Rectory of Kilbride, part of the Union of Arcklow, lately become vacant by the death of the Rev. C. Smith. Lord Wicklow has most liberally undertaken to build the new parish Church at his own expense. The Lord Bishop of Cloyne has been pleased to appoint the Rev. G. E. Cotter, Vicar of Rahan, to the Rectory of Templenecarrigy and the Treasurership of the diocese. 4 x VOL. IV.-Dec. 1833. OXFORD. UNIVERSITY NEWS. Saturday, November 2. On Thursday last, the nomination of the Rev. Dr. Jenkyns, Master of Balliol, to be a Delegate of the University Press, in the room of the Rev. Dr. Tournay, deceased, was approved in Convocation. In the same Convocation, the nomination of the Rev. Richard Michell, Fellow of Lincoln, to be a Public Examiner in Literis Humanioribus, was also approved. In a Congregation holden at the same time, the following Degrees were conferred: - Masters of Arts-Rev. E. W. Ingram, Ch. Ch., grand comp.; H. Kynaston, Student of Ch. Ch.; B. W. Boothby, Fellow of All Souls'. Bachelors of Arts-The Hon. R. E. Plunkett, Ch. Ch.; G. C. Hall, Demy of Magdalen; H. T. Rodd, Exeter. The election of Fellows at All Souls', did not take place this year, there being no actual vacancy. A similar circumstance occurred in the year 1817. November 9. Queen's College. -An election of an Exhibitioner on the Michel Foundation of Queen's College will take place on Saturday, the 14th of December. Candidates must be natives of the province of Canterbury, who have attained the full age of 15, and have not exceeded the age of 20 years; and if Members of the University, must not have been matriculated Jonger than twelve calendar months. Certificates of baptism and testimonials must be delivered to the Provost of the said College, on or before Monday, the 9th of December. On Thursday last, F. J. Crouch, M.A., and I. G. Overton, B.A., Scholars of Corpus Christi, were admitted Probationary Fellows of that Society. On Friday last, T. Garnier, Fellow of All Souls', was admitted to the Degree of Bachelor in Civil Law. On Thursday last, the following Degrees were conferred :- Doctor in Civil Law-Rev. F. Orton, St. Mary Hall, and Vicar of Hope, near Buxton, Derbyshire. Masters of Arts-Rev. W. Williams, Worcester; Rev. H. Hutton, Wadham; Rev. T. J. Longworth, Jesus; E. Kensington, Balliol; T. Lawrence, Exeter. Bachelors of Arts-R. F. P. C. Bluett, Magdalen Hall; A. P. Macauly, Wadham. In a Convocation holden at the same time, the Rev. C. Hebert, M.A. of Trinity Coll., Cambridge, was admitted ad eundem. November 16. On Thursday last, D. R. Godfrey, of Queen's, was elected and admitted Scholar of the same College, on Mr. Michel's Founda tion. On Thursday last, the following Degrees were conferred: Masters of Arts-Rev. T. Bevan, Balliol, (grand comp.); R. Jones, Pembroke. Bachelos of Arts-T. Dowell, Oriel (grand comp.); G. D. Ryder, Oriel; Lord Ramsey, Ch. Ch.; J. F. F. Boughey, Ch. Ch.; R. Wanstall, St. Edmund Hall; T. F. Read, University; J. Dix, All Souls'; W. C. Ward, All Souls'; W. L. Cox, Magdalen Hall; J. Francis, Worcester; M. Burrell, Corpus Christi; T. M. Postlethwaite, Queen's; S. C. Walker, Queen's; J. Hetherington, Queen's; W. Latimer, Lincoln; F. Curtis, Balliol; S. E. Wentworth, Balliol; T. M. Richards, Wadham; G. J. Willianson, Jesus; W. Williams, Jesus; D. Williams, Jesus; G. B. P. Latimer, Pembroke; A. W. Badcock, Pembroke; C. T. H. Southall, Pembroke; C. A. N. Thomas, Exeter; T. Turner, Exeter; H. Comyn, Exeter; T. Prater, Exeter. November 23. In a Convocation holden on Thursday last the following persons were approved by the House as Select Preachers before the Univerity, to come into office in Michaelmas term 1834: -Rev. Dr. Wynter, President of St. John's; Rev. Mr. Mills, Fellow of Magdalen; Rev. Mr. Hook, late Student of Ch. Ch., Chaplain to the King; Rev. Mr. Moberly, Fellow of Balliol; Rev. Mr. Jacobson, Vice Principal of Magdalen Hall. In a Congregation holden the same day the following Degrees were conferred: Bachelors in Divinity-R. M. White, Fellow of Magdalen; C. Milns, Lincoln. Masters of Arts-Hon. and Rev. G. G. C. Talbot, Ch. Ch.; Rev. G. N. Barrow, University; W. J. Crichton, Merton; Rev. J. E. Hughes, Jesus; J. Sealy, Exeter; Rev. C. Penny, Pembroke; Rev. R. Price, Fellow of New Coll.; J. S. Ogle, Fellow of New Coll. Bachelors of Arts.-G. Heathcote, St. Alban Hall; J. K. Charlton, Ch. Ch.; H. H. Courtenay, Merton; P. Peace, Worcester; J. Ray, Exeter; W. S. Chapman, Pembroke; G. Yarde, Pembroke. A Congregation will be holden on Thursday next, for the purpose of granting Graces and conferring Degrees. Ashmolean Society. At a meeting of the Society on Friday, the 15th inst., the President in the chair, the following gentlemen were elected Members;-Rev. F. Biscoe, M. A. Ch. Ch.; H. G. Liddel, Esq. B. A. Ch. Ch. An anonymous paper was read, being a reply to a query proposed at a former meeting, relative to the conduction of heat from the interior of the earth. Dr. Buckland gave an account of the hydranlic mechanism of the shells of the Nautilus and |