set House, in accordance with the elevation of that portion, which is already erected, of its river front. The reading of the report was followed by an unanimous resolution, expressive of the great satisfaction of the proprietary with the exertions made by the council; and, after a few words from their Graces of Rutland, the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Marquis of Bute, the Bishop of London, and others of the members of the institution, the meeting proceeded to re-elect the six gentlemen of the council, who had retired under the provisions of the charter. POLITICAL RETROSPECT. DOMESTIC.-The King's visit to the Corporation of London is postponed to an indefinite period. The elections for Members of the House of Commons have nearly terminated, and the results are said to be decidedly in favour of the proposed scheme of Reform. Some places, and those where the opinions of the electors are particularly worthy of respect, have most unequivocally declared their aversion to the measure, not generally, but in the form and application of the principle in which it has been brought forward; amongst these the University of Cambridge has elected Members opposed to it, in spite of all the influence which power and popularity could exert against them. The town and neighbourhood of Newcastle-upon-Tyne have been for weeks past in a very disturbed state, from a combination of the pitmen to raise their wages. Large assemblies have been collected, but no extensive acts of violence have been committed. Bodies of soldiery have been marched thither, and their presence is considered to have had a very beneficial tendency in maintaining the peace of the neighbourhood. FRANCE.-The interval occasioned by the dissolution of the Chamber of Deputies is employed by the King of the French, in a tour through the southern parts of his kingdom. BELGIUM.-The affairs of this district continue as remote as ever from any probable settlement. The crown has been offered to almost every prince in Europe, and has been refused. The preparations for active hostilities continue to be carried forward both in this country and Holland. The Secretary for Foreign Affairs of the former has addressed a diplomatic note of considerable length to that of the union latter, announcing the fixed resolve of his government to maintain their independency, and avoid a with any other power, and invite to an amicable conclusion of their differences. The interior state of Belgium is distressing in the extreme. Party spirit prevails with the greatest rancour, and infects the mind and operations of the military classes, lessens the authority of the government, stimulates to acts of violence, and urges on a spirit of determined resistance to moderate measures which would probably be listened to in the personal distresses of all ranks, if these turbulent feelings were not nurtured by political fury. ITALY.-The insurgents have entirely submitted to the Pope and the Austrian forces. The King of Sardinia died at Turin on the 28th of April. PORTUGAL.-The appearance of a British squadron, consisting of the Windsor Castle, 98 guns, and seven smaller vessels of war, off the Tagus, on the 25th of April, produced a very pacific disposition in the Portuguese cabinet, and Don Miguel immediately dismissed from his service the Captain of the Diana, the Portuguese frigate which had detained the British packet from St. Helena, and Verissimo, the Minister of Police, who had arbitrarily imprisoned Mr. O'Neill, and committed other violations of British privileges. POLAND.-The civil administration of the affairs of this state continue to be conducted with great zeal and moderation; the Diet has assembled at Warsaw and entered upon their labours, and a very full and candid, yet concise statement of public affairs has been laid before them by General Skryznecki. The operations of their armies have been various, but upon the whole rather unsuccessful than otherwise. General Dwernicki, who had gone into Volhynia, has been obliged to retreat. The approach of the Russian troops from Moldavia, of whose strength and march he appears to have been misinformed, placed him between two armies, amounting to more than six times his own force, and both better armed and provided. He could only attempt to retire, but this he was unable to effect. After a very rapid retreat, (during the last twelve days of which they marched thirty-two miles daily,) he was compelled to take refuge in the Austrian territory, whither he was pursued and attacked by a Russian division, but which was checked and compelled to retire by the intervention of Austrian troops. General Dwernicki was obliged to lay down his arms; and he, together with the remains of his gallant little army (5500 men) have been marched as prisoners into Transylvania. The Generalissimo Skryznecki had retreated upon Warsaw, but it seems to have been a measure of prudence rather than necessity. It brought him nearer his resources; and since the assembly of the Diet he has again advanced. The Russian armies are very powerfully reinforced, and the Grand Duke Constantine is expected to take the command of them, Marshal Diebitsch having incurred the displeasure of the Czar. The cholera morbus continues its dreadful ravages among the Muscovites. It has also made its appearance amongst the Poles, and in the lower city of Warsaw. Alarm has been felt in the Prussian and Saxon provinces, lest it should extend its contagion into these countries. TURKEY.-Constantinople and its vicinity continues obedient to the Sultan, but in the remoter provinces his authority decreases daily. The Bosnian insurrection has become more extensive. Karophay Oglow has driven out the garrison of Sophia, and occupies it with a body of ten thousand men, whilst Mustapha Pacha and his brother-in-law Saladin Bey have combined their movements, so as to place the army of the Grand Vizier between them. Hussein Pacha was hastening with a large force from Adrianople to his relief, but letters from Belgrade announce that he had been compelled, from want of provisions, to surrender before the arrival of the latter. The rebel chiefs march in great pomp, with a display of copper-kettles, saddles, and other insignia of the old Janizary style of warfare. Senior Colonial Chapl, of the Island of Ceylon. Domestic Chapl. to the Earl of Winterton. Lee, Samuel (Professor of Arabic at Domestic Chapl. to the Earl of Munster (Viscount Preferment. Worcester, St. Nicholas, R. Worcester Worcester Bp. of Worcester to hold by disp.Somerton, R.Oxford Oxford .... with Riston, R. Lichfield Earl Powis Chester Chester Bp. of Hereford Norwich } Suffolk Can. Res. of Cath. Church of York Dean of Cath. Church of Hereford Grey, Hon. Edw.. & St. Botolph, Bishopsg. R. London London to Preb. in Cath. Church of Hereford Weston-on-Welland, V. Abp. of York The King Northam. Peterboro' Lord Sondes Preb. in Cath. Church of St. David's King, as Pr. of Wales to Preb. in Coll. Church of Brecon SKesgrave, P. C. to Brightwell, C. SGoodrich, V. to Aston,near Birmingham Hereford Hereford Bp. of Hereford Passand, Henry J. . Shipton-on-Charwell, R. Oxford Reynolds, John P.. Smith, William Way, Henry Hugh. White, T. P....... S Herts } London Oxford John Raye, Esq. (Little Munden, R. to Beeston, St. Andrew, R. Norfolk SHoningham, V. with East Tudenham, Henbury, V. Exton, R. Sir John Smyth, Bt. Bristol and Rev. C. Gore Winchest. Bp. of Winchester Minor Can. of Cath. Church of Norwich & Norw. St. Saviour, R. Norfolk Norwich D. & C. of Norwich and Sedgford, V. and Martham, V. Whittingham, Paul.< ELECTIONS. OXFORD. ON Monday, May 2, in full Convocation, Sir Robert Harry Inglis, Bart. D.C.L. of Christ Church, and Thos. Grimston Bucknall Estcourt, Esq. D.C.L. of Corpus Christi College, were unanimously elected to serve in the ensuing Parliament as Burgesses for the University. Sir R. H. Inglis was proposed by the Very Reverend the Dean of Christ Church, Mr. Estcourt by the President of Corpus. In a Convocation holden for the election of an inferior Bedel in Law, in the room of Wm. Taman, deceased, Thomas James, late Deputy Marshal, and afterwards one of the Inspectors of the University Police, was elected by a considerable majority. The numbers were-For Thomas James, 88; for Richard Pearson, 48; for Henry Kilbee, 26. Mr. Kettle, of Exeter College, Mr. Dobson, of University, and Mr. Latimer, of Lincoln, have been elected Lord Crewe's Exhibitioners; and Mr. Fox, of St. Edmund Hall, and Mr. Quarmby, of Lincoln, Scholars of Lincoln College. The Rev. Richard Briscoe, B.A. Curate of Llangollen, North Wales, has been elected Scholar of Jesus College. Mr. Francis Edward Morse has been elected an Exhibitioner on the Michel's Foundation at Queen's College. Mr. George Hill Clifton, B.A. Scholar of Worcester College, has been elected a Fellow of that Society; and Mr. Rowland Mucklestone, Commoner, a Scholar of that College. Mr. Henry Woollcombe, Mr. William Law Hussey, Mr. Henry Blair Mayne, and Mr. Robert Richard Anstice, have been elected Westminster Students of Christ Church. Mr. Charles Badham has been admitted Scholar of Wadham College. Mr. Erroll Hill has been admitted Scholar of New College. EXAMINATIONS. The names of those Candidates who, at the close of the Public Examinations in Easter Term, were admitted by the Public Examiners into the Four Classes of Literæ Humaniores according to the alphabetical arrangement prescribed by the statute, stand as follows: In the First Class of Litera Humaniores. In the Second Class of Litera Humaniores. In the Third Class of Litera Humaniores Carey, Henry, Worcester Coll. In the Fourth Class of Literæ Humaniores. DEGREES CONFERred. Rev. E. Parris New, Fell. of St. John's Coll. BACHELOR IN CIVIL LAW. Geoffrey Ekins, Fellow of New Coll. MASTERS OF ARTS. Rev. Arthur Lister Kaye, Brasennose Coll. G. Cornewall Lewis, Student of Chr. Ch. BACHELORS OF ARTS. Rev. C. W. Horace Alston, St. Mary Hall. William Henry Boulton, Trinity Coll. William Parr Phillips, Trinity Coll. George Frederick Fowle, Balliol Coll. Joseph H. Grice, Christ Church. J. Posthumus Wilson, Demy of Magd. Coll. George T. Whitfield, St. John's Coll. E. Walwyn Foley, Schol. of Wadham Coll. MARRIED. At All Souls' Church, Langham Place, London, by the Rev. the Provost of Oriel College, Francis Hawkins, D. M. Fellow of St. John's College, to Hester, third daughter of the Hon. Baron Vaughan. |