10 OCTOBER 1840, Page 9

From the ar:17,rd Herald of this day—" A convocation was

holden yesterday, in which letters were read from his Grace the Duke of Wel- lington, Chancellor of the University, nominating the Reverend Philip Wynter, D.D., President of St. John's College, to be Vice-Chancellor for the ensuing year, in the room of the Reverend Dr. Gilbert, Principal of Brasenose College, who had filled that °Mee for four years."