The Hon. and Right Rev. Dr. KNOx, Lord Bishop of Killaloe and Kilfenora, has been appointed to the vacant Diocese of Limerick, Ardfert, and Aghadoe. The Bishop of Clonfert will succeed to Killaloe, and, under the Church Temporalities' Bill, the income of Clonfert will be transferred to the Church Fund. Two of the ten condemned Sees are now suppressed. The Bishop of London has been pleased to appoint the undermentioned Clergy to be Rural Deans: Archdeaconry of Colchester. Rev. J. Bullock, Rector of Radwinter. Rev. J. Hallward, Rector of Easthorpe. Rev T. Leigh, Rector of Wickham Bishops. VOL. XVI. NO. II. Rev. Dr. Miller, Vicar of Dedham. Rev. R. Watkinson, Vicar of Earle's Colne. S Rev.C.Chauncey, Vic. of St. Paul's, Walden. Rev. T. H. Elwin, Rector of East Barnet. Rev. E. Hodgson, Vicar of Rickmansworth. ELECTIONS. OXFORD. We have great pleasure in announcing that FIELD MARSHAL HIS GRACE THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON has been unanimously elected Chancellor of this University in the room of the late Baron Grenville. Mr. Henry Holloway has been admitted Fellow of New College. William Boriase, B. A., Scholar on the Michel or New Foundation of Queen's College, has been elected a Fellow on the same Foundation. Mr. Edward Brabank Smith, Commoner of St. John's College, has been elected an Exhibitioner of Queen's College, on Mr. Mitchell's Foundation. The following gentlemen have been admitted Students of Christ Church :-William C. F. Webber, Robert Hickson, and William G. Penny, elected from Westminster in May last; Edward D. Tinling, Edward K. Luscombe, John Bode, Charles W. Bagot, and John Adams, Canons' Students. Died, at his house in the High-street, in this city, universally beloved and respected, George Williams, M. D. Senior Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Regius Professor of Botany in this University, and Keeper of the Radcliffe Library.-M.A. Jan. 14. 1785; B. M. Dec. 10, 1788; and D. M. Dec. 17, 1788. MASTERS OF ARTS. P. A. Browne, Corp. Chr. Coll. Gr. Comp. Rev. Erskine Wm. Holland, Worcester Coll. Edward Massie, Wadham Coll. BACHELORS OF ARTS. Bryan Faussett, Corpus Christi Coll. George Day, Stud. of Christ Church. H. M. Villiers, Stud. of Christ Church. George Wingrove Cooke, Jesus Coll. THE LATE CHANCELLOR. On the 7th of January died, at his seat, at Dropmore, Buckinghamshire, in the 75th year of his age, the Right Hon. William Wyndham Grenville, Baron Grenville, D.C.L. of Christ Church, Chancellor of this University, Auditor of the Exchequer, an Elder Brother of the Trinity House, one of the Governors of the Charter House, High Steward of Bristol, a Trustee of the British Museum, F.S.A. F.R.S. &c. &c. His Lordship was second son of the Right Hon. George Grenville, (a distinguished statesman and minister of the crown, from 1744 until his decease in 1770,) by Elizabeth, daughter of Sir William Wyndham, Bart. and sister of Charles, Earl of Egremont. The eldest son of George Grenville was the late Marquis of Buckingham; Lord Grenville was, therefore, the uncle of the present Duke of Buckingham, and of the Baron Nugent. Lord Grenville was born on the 25th of October, 1759; married on the 18th of July, 1792, the Hon. Anne Pitt, only daughter of Thomas, first Lord Camelford, and sister and sole heiress of Thomas, second and last Lord, by whom he has left no issue. The late Baron was the contemporary of some of the greatest men that ever adorned this country, yet his abilities were not eclipsed in their presence. As a statesman, he was remarkable for sound practical views. As a speaker, he was, perhaps, one of the most powerful debaters that ever appeared in the House of Lords. There was a commanding energy in his delivery, as well as in his style, which never failed to arrest the attention and command the admiration even of those who differed from him in sentiment. It has been said of him that no orator ever produced so strong an impression by his manner in the first ten minutes of his speech; but the want of variety was a defect which began to be perceived after some time, and which, in the course of a long address, seldom failed to impress itself rather painfully upon the hearer. He had the reputation of being one of the most accomplished scholars of his age, and successively held some of the highest appointments in the State, having been Speaker of the House of Commons, Secretary of State, and for a short period First Lord of the Treasury in 1807, the head of "All the Talents" Administration. In 1809, the resignation of Lord Castlereagh and Mr. Canning left Lord Liverpool the only Secretary of State, performing the business of three departments. In this dilemma, official letters were addressed to Earl Grey and Lord Grenville, proposing the immediate formation of a combined ministry. They were both in the country when these communications reached them. Earl Grey at once declined all union with Mr. Percival and Lord Liverpool, and did not come to town. Lord Grenville, who was in Cornwall, came immediately to town, but the next day declined the proposed alliance, because he should not be able to view it in any other light than as a dereliction of principle. It is said, we know not how truly, that the secret of the authorship of Junius will be developed by the death of his Lordship, as it is reported that a Noble Lord, a relative to the deceased, who is not now in this country, has been repeatedly heard to declare that the secret was in his kinsman's keeping, and would be disclosed. Lord Grenville was a Student of Christ Church. In 1779 he gained the Chancellor's Prize for a composition in Latin Verse, the subject Vis Electrica. He took the Degree of B.A. on the 23d of Dec. 1809; his Lordship was presented to the Degree of D.C.L. by diploma, nine days after his election to the Chancellorship. The Duke of Portland died on the 30th of Oct. 1809. On the decease of his Grace, the candidates for the Chancellorship were Lord Grenville, Lord Eldon, and the Duke of Beaufort. The election commenced at ten o'clock on Wednesday morning, Dec. 13th, and continued sitting day and night, without any adjournment, till ten o'clock on Thursday night, when the numbers were declared as follows:For Lord Grenville Lord Eldon Duke of Beaufort.... 406 ........ 393 238 Majority for Lord Grenville 13 The number of those who were entitled to vote amounted to 1282. Out of this number 1037 polled. The installation of Lord Grenville took place in the Theatre, on Tuesday, July 3d, 1810. The whole of the week was a jubilee, which concluded with a most splendid exhibition-the ascent of the late Mr. Sadler and his son in a magnificent balloon from Merton Fields. Several of our friends having asked us questions relative to the eligibility of persons to fill the high office of Chancellor, we think the following list of the Chancellors from 1552 will be interesting to many of our readers: 1552, Sir John Mason, Knt. 1556, Cardinal Pole, Abp. of Canterbury. 1560, Sir John Mason, Knt. 1588, Lord Chancellor Hatton. 1591, Earl of Dorset. 1608, Bancroft, Abp. of Canterbury. 1616, Earl of Pembroke. 1630, Laud, Abp. of Canterbury. 1660, Marquis of Hertford, and Duke of Somerset, restored. 1660, Earl of Clarendon. 1667, Sheldon, Abp. of Canterbury. 1688, Duke of Ormond, grandson of the above. 1715, Earl of Arran. 1759, Earl of Westmoreland. 1772, Lord North, afterwards Earl of Guildford. 1792, Duke of Portland. |