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Bachelors in Civil Law-E. Borton, Trinity-hall; Nelson Matcham, Trinity-hall. At the same Congregation the following graces passed the Senate:

To appoint the Vice-Chancellor, the Hon. and Rev. the Master of Magdalene, the Provost of King's, the Master of Jesus college, the Master of Christ's college, the Master of Downing college, Dr. Haviland, Professor Sedgwick, Mr. Tatham, Mr. Lodge, Mr. Heath, Mr. Peacock, Mr. Whewell, Mr. Willis, Mr. Worsley, Mr. Lodington, Mr. Fennell, Mr. Philpott, Mr. Birkett, Mr. Calthorp, Mr. Potter, Mr. Heaviside, Mr. Merrivale, and Mr. Hopkins, a Syndicate to confer with Mr. Basevi upon the alterations which it may be expedient to make in his design for the Fitzwilliam Museum-to determine upon the character of the materials which shall be employed in its construction to ascertain as far as may be practicable the position and nature of the additions to it which may be hereafter made-to take the necessary steps for the temporary enclosure of the siteand to report thereupon to the Senate before

the division of the next Term.

To allow Mr. Baker, tenant of the University farm at Barton, the same deduction—(viz. 10 per cent.) from his rent for the year ending at Michaelmas, 1834, which was granted to him by grace for the year to Michaelmas, 1833.

To appoint the Master of Trinity a Member of the Syndicate for visiting the Observatory till November, 1836.

To appoint the Vice-Chancellor, the Master of Jesus college, the Master of Christ's college, Dr. Haviland, Dr. Clark, and Professor Henslow, a Syndicate to consider and report to the Senate upon the expediency of entering into a negotiation for the purchase of the Museum and Anatomical Preparations of Dr. Macartney, the Professor of Anatomy in Dublin.

To authorize a grant of 100l. from the University chest in aid of the distressed Clergy in Ireland.

December 11.

At a Congregation held yesterday, the Rev. John Maddy, D.D., of Jesus college, Oxford, was admitted ad eundem of this University.

At the same Congregation the following grace passed the Senate:-To appoint the ViceChancellor, the Master of Jesus college, the Master of Christ's college, Mr. Peacock, of Trinity college, Mr. Hymers, of St. John's college, Mr. Fennell, of Queen's college, and Mr. Hodgson, of St. Peter's college, a Syndicate for making inquiries with regard to any funds, at present in the possession of the University, which may be available for accomplishing the important objects contemplated in the purchase of the "Old Court" of King's college, and also with a view to any other pecuniary resources which may be hereafter employed in the prosecution of this undertaking.

Professor Airy has notified to the Vice-Chancellor that he intends shortly to tender to the Plumian Trustees his resignation of the Plumian Professorship, and also that he shall be

unable to be permanently resident at the Observatory after the end of the present term; but has offered to the Observatory Syndicate to continue the general superintendence of the Observatory, and to visit it occasionally, until some further and permanent arrangement be made. In consequence of the above intimation, a grace passed the Senate yesterday to the following effect:-"To commit the care of the Observatory to the present Observatory Syndicate during the absence of the Professor, and until such arrangement is made."

James Ind Weldon, Esq., B.A., Fellow of S. John's college, was last week elected Second Master of Shrewsbury Grammar School.

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The Vice-Chancellor has issued the following notice in the University.

I. The most noble Marquis Camden, CHANCELLOR, being pleased to give annually a third gold medal for the encouragement of English poetry, to such resident Undergraduate as shall compose the best Ode, or the best Poem in heroic verse; the subject for the present year is, The Empire of the Sea.

N.B.-These exercises are to be sent in to the Vice-Chancellor on or before March 31, 1836; and are not to exceed 200 lines in length.

II. The Representatives in Parliament for this University being pleased to give annually, (1) Two Prizes of fifteen guineas each, for

the encouragement of LATIN PROSE COMPOSITION, to be open to all Bachelors of Arts, without distinction of years, who are not of sufficient standing to take the Degree of Masters of Arts; and

(2) Two other Prizes of fifteen guineas each, to be open to all Undergraduates, who shall have resided not less than seven Terms, at the time when the Exercises are to be sent in ; The subjects for the present year are(1) For the BACHELORS, Extincta servitute apud Insulas Occiden

tales, quænam commoda vel incommoda possint exinde oriri?

(2) For the UNDERGRADUATES, In Republica benè constitutá sunt hereditario jure Nobiles.

N.B. The exercises are to be sent in on or before April 30, 1836.

III. Sir WILLIAM BROWNE having bequeathed three gold medals, value five guineas each, to such resident Undergraduate as shall compose

(1) The best GREEK ODE in imitation of Sappho;

(2) The best LATIN ODE in imitation of Horace;

The best GREEK EPIGRAM after the model of the Anthologia, and (3) The best LATIN EPIGRAM after the model of Martial;

The subjects for the present year are(1) For the GREEK ODE,... Creta. (2) For the LATIN ODE, ... Varsovia. (3) For the EPIGRAMS,...... Insaniens Sapientia.

N.B.-The exercises are to be sent in on or before April 30, 1836. The Greek Ode is not to exceed twenty-five, and the Latin Ode thirty

stanzas.

The Greek Ode may be accompanied by a literal Latin Prose Version.

IV. The PоRSON PRIZE is the interest of 400. stock, to be annually employed in the purchase of one or more Greek books, to be given to such resident Undergraduate as shall make the best translation of a proposed passage in Shakspeare, Ben Jonson, Massinger, or Beaumont and Fletcher, into Greek Verse.

The subject for the present year isSHAKSPEARE, KING RICHARD II., Act II., scene 1, beginning......GAUNT.

"Methinks I am a prophet new inspired,"

&c. &c.

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Senior Proctor; and the Professor shall enter them in a book to be kept by him, as the evidence upon which he is to sign the certificates.

3. That Senior Sophisters be permitted to attend Hebrew Lectures and to be examined for premiums with the Junior Bachelor class; and Junior Bachelors, who have attended during their Senior Sophister year, with the Middle Bachelor class, so as to enable them to complete two years of Hebrew at the same time as their Divinity Lectures.

4. That Middle Bachelors who have attended for two years may attend for a third year with the Senior Bachelor class; and that any student who shall attend for three years, shall receive a certificate in which the word triennium shall be substituted for biennium.

5 That Scholars who have completed the entire course of Hebrew at the end of their Middle Bachelor year, shall be excused all attendance on Hebrew Lectures during the remaining year of their scholarships.

The entire course of Hebrew occupies three years, and is as follows:

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ST. DAVID'S COLLEGE, LAMPETER. From the new Calendar it appears that the Bishop of Salisbury has established four SchoHow happy then were my ensuing death." larships of 10l. a-year each, partly with money

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DURHAM.

The Dean and Chapter lately offered two prizes for the two best English Essays, "On the Political and Moral Effect produced by the Expedition of Alexander the Great into Asia." The first prize was adjudged to Mr. J. Cundill, and the second to Mr. H. Press Wright.

DUBLIN.

REGULATIONS FOR HEBREW LECTURES. -On Saturday, Oct. 31, 1835, it was agreed by the board:

1. That the Professor of Hebrew be permitted to give a certificate (similar to that now given for Divinity Lectures) to any student who shall attend a course of Hebrew Lectures for at least two years, or six terms, with remarkable diligence and sufficient answering.

2. That the Assistants shall in future send to the Professor, at the end of every term, duplicates of the returns made by them to the

left by the late Judge Burton, and Mrs. Martha More, (two of them being called the Burton and More,) but chiefly with his own money. The other two are called the Eldon Scholarships, and all will depend on examinations in Hebrew, Classics, Welsh, and the Evidences.

The Bishop of Durham has given 500l. to found a Scholarship of 161. a-year, which will be called after him. Mr. Harford, of Blaise Castle, one of 101. called the Harford; and the late Mr. Jones, of Dery Ormond, one of 10. called the Dery Ormond. Considerable subScriptions have been received from other quarters for the same object. A legacy of 20001. from the Rev. R. Butler will found three Butler Scholarships; another of 400l. from Mrs. H. More, will found one of 12. called after her. By these means a diligent student may reduce his college expenses below 40l. per an

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First Class in 1834-Bickerstaff, I.; Desprez, P S.; Harris, W. B.; Howell, G.; Jones, J. D.; Jones, J. P.; Pugh, E.; Wilkins, J. M.; Williams, J. R.

SCHOLARS, elected at the several dates and upon the foundations mentioned. The names printed in Italic are those of persons who have since vacated their Scholarships, and the recurrence of the same name is owing to the advancement of the person to a Scholarship of greater value. Whenever a successful Candidate is about to quit the College immediately after the Election, his successor is elected at the same Examination.

June 26, 1824: Bickerstaff, Isaac-Eldon, Hebrew. Jones, John Price-Eldon, Welsh. Pugh, Enoch-Burton, Classics. Despres, Philip Soulbieu-Harford. Howell, George -Dery Ormond. Williams, John RobertCollege.

Dec. 16, 1834: Jones, Henry Wyndham -Burton, Classics. Rees, Josiah, vice Jones, H. W., Burton, Classics.

July 5, 1835: Jones, John Price-Butler. Despres, Philip Soulbieu-Butler. Knight, Charles Rumsey-Butler. Howell, George -Hannah More. Taylor, John Rees-Harford. Franklin, Frederick Fothergill-College. Felix, Hugh-Dery Ormond. Jones, IsaacEldon, Hebrew. Morgan, Morgan Rice-Eldon, Welsh. Williams, Thomas-Martha More. Price, William, vice Desprez-Butler. Williams, John Robert, vice Knight-Butler. Hughes, Jacob, vice Williams-Martha More.

HARROW SCHOOL EXAMINATIONS. November, 1835.

SIXTH FORM. First Class: Barclay, Majr., Broughton, Sen"., Butler, Distin, Drury, Majr., Empson, Estcourt, Gepp, Hope, Karslake, Max, Mills, Majr. Second Class: Denison, Ffolkes, Sen, Halls, Massey, Napier, Nethercote, Ld. Newport, Ommanney, Portal, Sen'., Protheroe, Russell, Torre, Wade, Yerburgh.

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FIFTH FORM. First Class Barclay, Mint., Blackett, Burchell, Cave, Coffin, Cookson, Currer, Dawson, Jun"., Deffell, Domville, Drury, Min., Mr. Edwardes, Esdaile, Ffolkes, Junr., Mr. Fortescue, Heath, Johnstone, Karslake, Majr., Mills, Min"., Paris, Sapte, Swayne, Ward. Second Class: Alfrey, Armytage, Sen., Atherley, Bagwell, Barclay, Min., Bentinck, Brewer, Brooke, Buchan, Ld. R. Butler, Carvick, Cooke, Dallas, Dickens, Fitzgerald, Fitzherbert, Sen'., Fitzherbert, Jun"., Fitzhugh, Sen'., Gibson, Goodhart, Gowan, Grant, Sent., Haygarth, Ld. Ipswich, Lloyd, Sir A. M'Donald, Morrice, Palmer, Sen., Platt, Poynder, Rashleigh, Sen., Rashleigh, Jun., Sharpe, Sen., Shelly, Smith, Max., Smith, Majr., Sotheby, Surtees, Symons, Tower, Trower, Tufnell, Valpy, Weston, Woodward.

[They who are so prone to attack our public schools, ought to see the Harrow Examination papers, in classics, ancient and modern history and geography, and elementary mathematics. The Divinity papers are subjoined to shew that this first of subjects receives due attention.]

SIXTH FORM EXAMINATION.

I.-Scriptural.

I. In whose reign, and in what year, were the first articles of the Church of England put forth, and what was their original number?-What successive alterations took place before they assumed their present form?-Who were chiefly concerned in framing them?-II. Under what heads would you arrange the thirtynine articles?-Give the scriptural proofs of the doctrine of the Trinity; and shew what support the writings of the apostolical fathers give to it.-III. Enumerate the principal arguments for our Lord's divinity.- Mention instances of worship addressed to him.--IV. Prove that our Lord's sufferings were a vicarious sacrifice for sin.-V. What are the privileges enumerated by St. Paul as resulting from justification by faith ?-How does he answer the objection to this doctrine, that it takes away the motive to holiness of life?— VI. What prophecies does St. Paul deliver with regard to the universal propagation of the Gospel and the conversion of the Jews?VII. Explain the following: :-"The law entered that the offence might abound." "I had not known sin but by the law."- VIII. Name the particulars in which the system of Zoroaster coincided with that of our sacred Scriptures. Whence is he supposed to have derived his theological knowledge?--IX. In whose reign did Zoroaster appear, and what was his origin?-What reform did he introduce in the Magian religion?-X. State the difference between the religion of the Magians and the Sabians.- What testimonies are borne by Greek writers to the learning of Zoroaster?

FIFTH FORM EXAMINATION.

V.

I. How does Paley dismiss any possible charge which might be brought against the Christian religion from the pseudo-gospels?— Which of them was ever introduced into any church, or even mentioned by any of the fathers ?-II. What were the chief heresies of the early centuries?-Were the gospels, in their present state, without increase or diminution, admitted by such sects?-What is the argument of Proposition II. in Paley's Evidences?-III. What is the bibliographical history of the Bible, both of the Old and New Testament ?-On what material was the law written ?-On what is it now written by the Jews?-Who are the Maronite Jews?-What Jews are supposed to compose large bodies in Afghanistan? Give the history of the Septuagint. Who wrote the two Greek translations of Daniel?Who was Aristeas? Is his account to be depended on?--When was the first English Bible set forth, and in whose reign?-IV. Dates of Moses-Daniel-Deluge-Lust captivity Of each of the Evangelists. - The meaning and writings of the Apocrypha.-V. Who was called ὁ Θεόλογος κατ' εξοχήν ?Give some account of the works of Clemens of Alexandria, Origen, Jerome, and Augustin.-Do the Greek fathers of the church ever indulge

in quotations from the classic authors, or quote them?-Distinguish the three Gregory's.-VI. What mean Harmonies of the Gospels? Polyglots? Hexaglots, &c. ?-Does any father of the church exist in the Syriac tongue?-VII. Compare the Gospel of St. Mark with the

three others.-VIII. Who were the Scribes, Pharisees, Sadducees, and Essenes ?-Are the latter mentioned in Scripture ?-From whom, or what, are their names derived?-IX. In St. Mark occur the terms βουλευτής, νομικοί, apxiepeis.-Explain their different offices.

BIRTHS AND MARRIAGES.

BIRTHS.

Of Sons-The lady of the Rev. W. B. Clarke, Stanley Cottage, Longfleet, near Poole; of Rev. W. G. Moore, West Barkwith R., Lincolnshire; of Rev. N. T. Ellison, (still born); of Rev. J. Jordan, Church Handborough R.; of Rev. S. Middleton, Priory-street, Cheltenham; of Rev. J. A. Wallace, Howick, Roxburghshire; of Hon. and Rev. W. Somerville, Meriden V.; of Rev. G. Pugh, South Newton, near Salisbury; of Rev. J. R. Piggott, Doddershall Park, Bucks; of Rev. H. Middleton, Wanborough V.; of Rev. F. Hobler, Regent-street, Cambridge; of Rev. H. Lindsay, Croydon V.; of Rev. C. Nutt, Tiverton V., near Bath; of Hon. and Rev. H. Powys, Brighton.

Of Daughters-The lady of the Rev. H. Withy, Kensington; of Rev. W. Pym, Williams R.; of Rev. S. R. Cattley, Fulham, Middlesex; of Rev. W. Smart, Farley Hospital, Wilts; of Rev. J. D. O. Crosse, Pawlett V.; of Rev. T. Phillpots, Gwennap V.; of Rev. H. Gibbes, Berrow V.; of Rev. W. S. Cole, Dover; of Rev. H. H. Way, Henbury V.; of Rev. J. W. Hughes, Holywell-street,

Oxford.

MARRIAGES.

Rev. W. Murray, Colchester, to Frances St. A. H. Arrundell, eldest d. of the late W. F. H. Arrundell, Esq., of Barjag; Rev. T. Thomas, v. of Llanbeblig and Carnarvon, to Harriet, d. of Mr. Taylor, of the Devil's Bridge; Rev. G. R. Hunter, r. of Okeford Fitzpaine, Dorset, to Mary Sarah, youngest d. of the late Lieut.Gen. Avarne; Rev. C. Milnes, r. of Scampton and Hayesthorpe, Lincolnshire, to Catharine, d. of the late H. Swan, Esq. of Lincoln; Rev. W. B. Harrison, M. A., r. of Gayton, Lincoln, eldest son of the Rev. W. B. Harrison, M.A., v. of Goudhurst, Kent, to Susannah Charlotte, eldest d. of W. T. Welfitt, Esq., of Manby Hall, Lincoln; Rev. A. Short, M.A., Student of Christ Church, Oxford, to Millecent Clara, second d. of the late J. Phillips, Esq., of Cul

ham House; Rev. G. Woodcock, r. of Caythorpe, Lincolnshire, to Mary, widow of the late J. Eden, Esq., of Poulshott Lodge, near Devizes; Rev. T. Lindsay, r. of Tamlaght, Armagh, and Chaplain to the Marquis of Ormonde, to Harriett, eldest d. of the Bishop of Derry; Rev. J. Hoole, to Mary Anne, d. of C. Dowson, Esq., Limehouse; Rev. E. Lewis, of Newcastle Emlyn, Carmarthenshire, to Harriett, d. of J. Ibbotson, Esq., of Ealing; Rev. L. P. Welland, r. of Talaton, Devonshire, to Caroline, d. of G. Stone, Esq., of Chiselhurst, Kent; Rev. T. T. Carter, M.A., of Burnham, Bucks, to Mary Anne, second d. of J. Gould, Esq., of Amberd, near Taunton; Rev. E. Grange, to Frances Margaret, d. of the late R. Waddell, of Islandderry, county Down; Rev. E. H. Dewar, B.A., of Romsey, to Amy, youngest d. of J. Garland, jun., Esq., of Poole; Rev. D. Schreyvogef, of Trichinopoly, to Ann, d. of C. Howland, Esq., late of Warehorne, Kent; Rev. W. Atthill, jun., of Brandiston Hall, Norfolk, to Sarah, d. of G. Lloyd, Esq., of Croghan House, Roscommon; Rev. Robert Lindsay, M. A., to Jane Alitheah Landon; Rev. J. Williams, of Broseley, Salop, to Anna Jane, second d. of the late W. Parry, Esq., of Arkstone Court, Herefordshire; Rev. C. Turner, second son of C. Turner, Esq., of Hanwell Park, Middlesex, to Katherine, youngest d. of the late Rev. J. C. Green, of North Grimston, Yorkshire; Rev. T. Browne, of Christ's Hospital, to Mary, eldest d. of the late J. Webb, Esq., of Lee Hall, Staffordshire; Rev. F. E. Gretton, M.A., youngest son of the late Dean of Hereford, to Anna Griselda, eldest d. of the Rev. W. Claye, of Westhorpe, Notts; Hon. J. D. Bligh, B.C.L., Fellow of All Souls' Coll., only brother of the late Earl of Darnley, to Elizabeth Mary, only d. of T. Gisborne, Esq., M.P. for North Derbyshire; Rev. H. Shute, of Pemb. Coll., Oxford, to Sarah Frances, eldest d. of the Rev. Dr. Hall, Master of Pembroke; Rev. D. Packard, B.A., of Caius Coll., Camb., eldest son of the Rev. H. Packard, r. of Middleton, to Sarah, eldest d. of Mr. J. Devereux, of Beccles.

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EVENTS OF THE MONTH.

The "Events" are collected from the public papers, except where private correspondents are so good as to send more authentic accounts, which are always marked "From a Correspondent."

BEDFORDSHIRE.

At Oundle, on Monday, December 14th, the head master of that grammar school had a handsome silver tray presented to him by his pupils.-County Chron.

THE IRISH CLERGY.-The Archdeacon of Bedford has inserted in the Cambridge Chronicle the transcript of a letter, which he has received from the Lord Primate of Ireland, containing his Grace's reply to their address, and from which the following is an extract:

"To the affectionate and truly Christian address of the Clergy of the Archdeaconry of Bedford, I can but return the same answer in substance that I have been the in

strument of transmitting, in the name of the Irish clergy, to many similar testimonials of generous sympathy with them in their present distressed circumstances, on the part of their English brethren namely, that the Irish clergy are not only most grateful for the seasonable assistance thus afforded under the persecution which, without such aid, must have been productive of utter destitution; but that by means of the encouragement of their Protestant brethren, they have been enabled to uphold the Protestant religion in Ireland, which it is manifestly the object of their persecutors to overthrow."

BERKSHIRE.

On Wednesday, December 16, the inhabitants of the parish of Winterbourne invited their late worthy curate, the Rev. John Walker Jones, to a dinner, after which they presented him with a splendid piece of plate-viz., a handsome soup tureen, bearing the following inscription:-" Presented by the parishioners of Winterbourne to the Rev. John Walker Jones, in testimony of the faithful and zealous manner in which, for the space of twenty years, he discharged the duties of curate. December, 1835."-Cheltenham Chronicle.

BUCKINGHAMSHIRE.

HIGH WYCOMBE.-The following address, together with a purse containing 50l., in addition to private gifts to the amount of 301, was presented to the Rev. Mr. Close, on Saturday, December 19th "In saying farewel to the Rev. R. W. Close, (and not a few will say so with real and deep regret,) the persons

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whose names are here subjoined would request him kindly to accept this small pecuniary remembrance, and to consider it only as expressive of their high opinion, warm regard, and Christian affection, &c., &c.

CAMBRIDGESHIRE.

DISTRESS OF THE IRISH CLERGY.-On Monday, the 23rd of November, a public meeting was held in the Town-hall, Cambridge, to take measures for promoting a general subscription for relieving the present distress of the Irish clergy. The meeting was numerously and very respectably attended; the Earl of Hardwicke, the Lord Lieutenant of the county, being in the chair. It was finally resolved, upon the motion of the Rev. the Master of Jesus

College, "That a general subscription be forthwith entered into, and that the amount received be from time to time transmitted to the central committee in London, to be forwarded to the Lord Primate of Ireland for distribution, at his lordship's discretion, in alleviation of the distress of the Irish clergy."-Cambridge Chronicle.

A meeting has since taken place at the rooms of the secretary, at which several new names were added to the committee, and a first remittance of 1000l. voted to the central fund. The subscription list now shews an amount of more than 1450/.

SOCIETY FOR THE PROPAGATION OF THE GOSPEL IN FOREIGN PARTS.-A very interesting meeting of this society was held on Tuesday, December 1st, in the Townhall, the Rev. Dr. Archdall, Vice-Chancellor, and Master of Emmanuel College, in the chair.

The chairman detailed the objects of the society, and regretted that, though this society only bent its attention to our own colonies, its resources were totally inadequate to the object.

The secretary then read a very interesting report of the state and prospects of the society.

Dr. Graham, Master of Christ's College, in moving that the report be printed and circulated, said that all must have been highly gratified with the greater portion of its statements; and though it detailed a few discouraging circumstances, these ought not to produce anything like despoudency, but rather to stimulate increased efforts for the attainment of the society's objects.

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