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DEAD. Rev. W. Johnson, Minister of Chapel of Ease, Chapelside, Dundee; Rev. John Henderson, Minister of Drysdale.

On Wednesday, April 10th, the Rev. Robert Lee was ordained Minister of St. Vigean's Chapel of Ease, by the Presbytery of Arbroath.

The sum of 3611. 17s. 7d. has been remitted from New York, to the Rev. Principal Baird, Convener of the Committee of the General Assembly, for promoting the education of the poor in the Highlands and Islands.

At the earnest request of his congregation, Dr. Brown, of St. John's, Glasgow, has relinquished the parish of Ratho, to which he had been appointed.

At the last meeting of the Presbytery of Aberdeen, a memorial was presented, signed by the ministers of six Chapels of Ease there, setting forth the injustice of excluding the ministers of Parliamentary Churches and Chapels of Ease from Church Courts, and requesting the Presbytery to overture the General Assembly on the subject. The memorial met with a favourable reception from all the members present, and a Committee was appointed to prepare an overture.

EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF SCOTLAND:

The Rev. Martin is appointed Minister of St. John the Evangelist Chapel, Greenock, in the room of the Rev. George Rose, appointed Minister of St. Peter's Chapel, Edinburgh.

Trinity Chapel, Paisley, will be ready for consecration by the middle of May.

The Gaelic Episcopal Society have, during the last, year expended the following

sums:

To a Catechist in Appin, 151.-at Fortrose, 5l.—at Strathnairn, 51.

To a Schoolmaster in Lochaber, 107.-at Fortwilliam, 51.

To a Gaelic Student at Marischal College, Aberdeen, 231.

To complete the School-house in Lochaber, 102.

To expence of a mission to the Isle of Sky, 41.

THOMAS BISSLAND, Secretary to the London Committee.

IRELAND.

The Lord Bishop of Cork has presented the son of Judge Torrens to one of the liv ings in that diocese, vacant by the death of the Rev. Thomas St. Lawrence.

The Rev. Robert Conway Hurly has been inducted into the living of Killiney, for some time vacant by the death of the Hon. and Rev. Frederick Mullins.

The Bishop of Limerick has appointed the Rev. Mr. Curtis, Curate of Balinacorty, to the living of Kildrum, vacant by the promotion of the Rev. Robert Conway Hurly. The Rev. John Conon has been appointed, by the Hon. and Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of Derry, to the living of Upper Badony, vacant by the collation of the Rev. Geo. Smithwick to the parish of Camus.

The Rev. Savage Hall, A.M., Perpetual Curate of Acton, has been presented by his Grace the Lord Primate to the living of Derryaghy, in the diocese of Connor.

The Rev. Arthur Preston has been appointed to the living of Kilmeague; patron, the Bishop of Kildare.

UNIVERSITY NEWS.

OXFORD.

Saturday, March 30.

Yesterday se'nnight, Mr. J. E. Giles, Commoner of Queen's College, was elected to the first Lusby Scholarship in Magdalen Hall.

The Rev. W. Brookes, Head Master of Coventry Grammar School, has resigned that appointment. Its income is supposed to be nearly 600l. a-year.

Preachers Rev. Mr. Wheeler, Merton, Sunday morning, at St. Mary's; Rev. Mr. Audland, Queen's, afternoon, at ditto; Rev. Mr. Veysie, Ch. Ch., on Good Friday, at Ch. Ch. April 6.

Saturday, March 30, being the last day of Hilary Term, the following Degrees were conferred:

Doctor in Medicine-P. L. Phillips, Exeter. Bachelor in Divinity- Rev. H. Gibbs, Fellow of Lincoln.

Bachelor in Medicine, with License to practise R. Croft, Fellow of Exeter.

Master of Arts-W. E. Page, Student of Christ Church.

Bachelors of Arts-C. Thornton, Ch. Ch., grand compounder; Lord Boscawen, Ch. Ch. Bachelor of Music-W. D. Littledale, Brasennose College.

Preachers at St. Mary's-Rev. Mr. Wilson, St. John's, Sunday afternoon; Rev. Mr. Grimstead, Magdalen, Easter Monday; Rev. Mr. Corfe, Magdalen, Easter Tuesday.

April 13.

Congregations will be holden for the purpose of granting Graces, and conferring Degrees, on the following days in the ensuing Term-viz. : April, Wednesdays, 17, 24; May, Thursdays, 2,9; Wednesday, 15, and Saturday, 25.-No person will, on any account, be admitted as a candidate for the Degree of B.A. or M.A. or for that of B.C.L. without proceeding through Arts, whose name is not entered in the book kept for that purpose at the Vice-Chancellor's house on or before the day preceding the day of congregation.

Yesterday the election of two Fellows of Oriel College ended. The successful candidates were Charles Marriott, B.A. Scholar of Balliol College; and Frederick Rogers, B.A. of Oriel College, and a Craven Scholar.

Preachers at St. Mary's-Rev. the Provost of Oriel, Sunday morning; Rev. Mr. Hughes, Trinity, afternoon; Rev. Mr. Hughes, Trinity, Latin Sermon, on Tuesday.

Lecturer at St. Martin's-Rev. Mr. Cox, Sunday morning and afternoon.

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persons only are eligible as were born of English parents, in the province of Canterbury or York; and they are required to deliver certificates of these qualifications to the Provost or senior Fellow, on or before the 4th day of May. A preference is given, cæteris paribus, to the orphans of clergymen. Candidates, who are members of the University, must not exceed four years' standing, and will be expected to deliver, with their certificates, testimonials of good conduct from the Heads and Tutors of their respective societies.

In a congregation holden on Wednesday last, the following degrees were conferred :

Doctor in Civil Law-W. A. Rew, Fellow of St. John's.

Bachelor in Medicine, with License to practise-W. T. Cox, Pembroke.

Masters of Art-A. Fisher, St. Alban Hall; Rev. T. W. Teasdale, Lincoln; Rev. J. W. S. Powell, St, Edmund Hall; H. Sweeting, Queen's; E. Lowndes, Magdalen Hall; Rev. W. Turbitt, Scholar of Pembroke; C. P. Eden, Fellow of Oriel; H. W. Wilberforce, Oriel; J. D. Harding, Oriel; Rev. J. Marriott, Oriel.

Bachelors of Arts-G. W. Lewis, Magdalen Hall; G. Hodson, Magdalen Hall.

In a convocation holden in the afternoon of the same day, the proctors of the last year resigned their offices, and the new proctors, having been previously elected by their respective colleges, were presented for admission to the Vice-Chancellor.

Senior Proctor The Rev. H. A. Dodd, M.A., Fellow of Queen's.

Junior Proctor-The Rev. J. P. Lightfoot, M.A., Fellow of Exeter.

The former was presented by the Rev. J. Fox, D.D. Provost of Queen's; the latter by the Rev. J. C. Jones, D.D., Rector of Exeter. After taking the oaths, and being admitted by the Vice-Chancellor, with the usual ceremonies, to the office of proctorship, the new proctors nominated the following gentlemen to be the pro-proctors for the ensuing year:-Rev. T. Pearson, M.A., Fellow of Queen's; Rev. S. Bellas, M.A., Queen's; Rev. E. Hawkins, M.A., Fellow of Exeter; Rev. E. F. Glanville, M.A., Fellow of Exeter.

Preachers-Rev. Dr. Woodcock, Sunday morning, at Christchurch; Rev. Mr. Lancas ter, Queen's, Sunday afternoon, at St. Mary's; Rev. Mr. Corfe, Magdalen Coll., St. Mark, at St. Mary's.

CAMBRIDGE.

Friday, March 29.

On Monday last Henry Thompson, M.A., Christopher Clarke, B.A., Charles Merivale, B.A., William Henry Hoare, B.A., and George

Augustus Selwyn, B.A., were elected Foundation Fellows of St. John's College; and the Rev. H. E. Cobden, M. A. and the Rev. Solomon Smith, M.A., Platt Fellows of the same society.

On Friday last James Hildyard, B.A. of Christ's College, was elected a Foundation Fellow of that society.

On Friday last William Arrowsmith, of Trinity College, and George Henry Marsh, of St. John's College, were elected Bell's Scholars.

There will be congregations on the following days of the Easter term:Wednesday, April 24, at eleven. Wednesday, May 8, at eleven. Wednesday, 22, at eleven.

19, at eleven.

Tuesday, June 11, (Stat) B.D. com. at ten.
Wednesday,
Saturday,

29, at eleven.

Monday, July 1, at eleven. Friday,

5, (end of term) at ten.

At a congregation on Friday last, the following Degrees were conferred:

Honorary Masters of Arts-J. W. Percy, St. John's; F. de Grey, St. John's.

Bachelors in Divinity-Rev. J. A. Barren, Queen's; Rev. C. Wharton, Queen's.

Masters of Arts-T. B. Burcham, Fellow of Trinity; J. Mann, Fellow of Trinity; T. H. Steel, Fellow of Trinity; T. Wilkinson, Fellow of Trinity; J. Langton, Trinity; J. M. Kemble, Trinity; Rev. F. Č. Crick, St. John's; C. C. Babington, St. John's; C. Tucker, Fellow of St. Peter's; W. H. Molineux, Fellow of Clare Hall; E. Steventon, Fellow of Corpus Christi; J. Pullen, Corpus Christi; W. D. Rangeley, Fellow of Queen's; Rev. F. Hose, Queen's; H. Kuhff, Fellow of Catherine Hall; M. Barnard, Christ's; Rev. G. Urquhart, Fellow of Magdalene; Rev. W. Whall, Emmanuel; Rev. C. J. Barnard, Emmanuel; F. Watkins, Emmanuel; R. Buston, Emmanuel; Rev. J. W. L. Heaviside, Fellow of Sidney.

Bachelor in Civil Law-G. Rhodes, Trinity Hall (compounder).

Bachelors of Arts-R. Harries, Trinity; W. Potchett, St. John's; I. Spooner, Caius; T. D. Young, Queen's; W. J. Langdale, Catherine Hall; J. Dawson, Jesus; J. T. Kitson, Magdalene.

At the same congregation the following graces passed the Senate:

To allow "The British Association for the Advancement of Science" the use of the Senatehouse and Public Schools during the week commencing the 24th of June next, at such times as they may not be wanted by the University; and to appoint the Vice-Chancellor, the President of Queen's, the Public Orator, Professor Sedgwick, Professor Henslow, Mr. Whewell, and Mr. Chevallier, a Syndicate, who shall take care that these buildings suffer no injury.

To fix the annual stipend of Mr. Glaisher, the second assistant at the observatory, appointed under the authority of a grace dated March 18, 1829, at the sum of seventy pounds.

To authorize the payment of 1181. 1s. 6d. to Messrs. Troughton and Simms, of London, that sum being the excess of their bill for the mural circle, lately erected at the observatory, above the estimate of 1,050l. presented to the observatory syndicate on July 5, 1820.

To allow the Professor of Botany the sum of 16. 8s. for the purchase of a collection of North American plants, containing 280 species from St. Louis, 280 from New Orleans, and 210 from Alabama.

To allow Mr. Crool, the Hebrew Teacher, 301. out of the university chest, in addition to his annual salary.

To allow John Bowtell, the Library Keeper, an addition to his salary of 201. in consequence of the additional labour arising from the great increase of books, and the necessity of entering them in the catalogue, for which the usual library hours are insufficient; which increase of salary is recommended to the Senate, by the Syndics of the Library, and agreed to at a special meeting, held March 4, 1833.

A grace also passed the Senate, allowing Mr. Dunn, of Burwell, 10 per cent. from his rent for the year ending Michaelmas, 1831.

In consequence of an informality in the Report of the Syndics appointed" to consider of what standing candidates for the degree of B. A. ought to be before they are allowed to be examined for that degree," &c., the recommendations were withdrawn. The Syndies have since issued another Report, recommending to the Senate:

degree of B.A. delivered by the Examiners to 1. That no Certificate of Approval for the the Registrary, be valid, unless it shall appear that, at the date of such certificate, the person obtaining it had entered upon his eleventh term at least, he having previously kept nine terms, exclusive of the term in which he was admitted.

2. That, in case of a person so approved in his eleventh term, such certificate shall not continue in force, unless it shall appear, when such person applies for his admission ad respon tendum quæstioni, that he has kept the said eleventh term.

The Syndics further recommend:

That in the Lent term of any year, no person be admitted ad respondendum quæstioni on or before Ash-Wednesday, who shall not have been publicly examined at the usual time of examination in the month of January of that year; except those who, in consequence of illhealth, may, by the permission of the Proctors and Examiners, have absented themselves from such examination.

That these regulations shall not apply to those persons whose names shall appear in the list of Honors at the examination in January 1834.

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nounced, among which was a drawing of the volcanic island Julie (Graham's island) which appeared in the Mediterranean in 1831, by M. Constant Prevost, who visited this island by direction of the Academy of Sciences of Paris. A memoir was read by the Rev. J. Power, of Trinity Hall, on the effect of wind on the barometer. Dr. Clark exhibited a drawing of a very remarkable case in the human subject, in which the internal mammary artery arose from a part of the axillary artery, immediately on the outside of the anterior scalene muscle, and then held a tortuous course above the edge of the first rib to its usual destination. After the meeting, Professor Henslow gave an account, illustrated by diagrams, of a method of classifying and designating colours, with an especial reference to their use in describing objects of natural history. It was observed that all bright colours are binary combinations, and may be produced by a mixture of three primary colours, pure red, yellow, and blue, in various proportions; and that other colours which are dull may be produced by the combination of these bright primary or binary colours with a small portion of grey, by means of which they

become what is termed in the Latin nomenclature of natural history, sordidi; or again, by the mixture with a larger portion of grey, in which case they are termed sordidissimi. This view of the subject agrees in substance with that of Mirbel, with some modifications of the classification. It possesses great advantages over the arrangement and nomenclature of colours proposed by Werner, which has since been very generally adopted by the German mineralogists, and embodied in a book of colours published by Mr. Symes. Werner's method consisted in adopting 79 arbitrary colours, and giving a name to each: but the one now suggested gives a chromatometer in which each of 132 colours has a place determined by its relation to the approximate colours, and necessarily includes all possible colours, or gives them a place between two contiguous colours of the chromatometer.

Friday, April 12.

The Syndics appointed by a grace dated February 4, 1833, "To consider what alterations should be made in the nature and direction of the Iron Fence of the Senate-house yard, and to report their opinion before the end of this term," have reported as follows:

That after the best consideration they can give the subject, they cannot form any decided opinion what alterations should be made; but considering the state of the funds of the University, and the uncertainty of its future plans concerning the disposal of the ground contiguous to the Senate-house, it appears to your Syndics advisable to make no greater change at present in the Senate-house yard than the improvement of the street absolutely requires. They recommend, therefore, that the corner extending from the front gate of the Senatehouse yard (the gate nearest King's college), to the termination of the new Iron Railing in

front of King's college, be thrown into the street, (the University reserving the right to that ground,) substituting for the present fences a curved iron fence.

That the Vice-Chancellor and Syndics be authorized to procure an estimate of the expence of making the alterations above recommended, and do carry them into effect as soon as possible.

A grace will be offered to the Senate early in the next term, to carry the alterations recommended in the above report into effect.

April 19.

The following gentlemen of Trinity College were yesterday elected Scholars of that soliams, A. Hulton, Birks, Gooch, Lushington, ciety-Pryor, Donaldson, Morton, F. Wil

Hours, Goulburn, Harris, Rawle, Grote, Le Mottee, Merivale, J. J. Smith.- Westmin ter Scholars: Cotton, Carrow

Meetings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society for the present term: Monday, April 22; Monday, May 6; Monday, May 20.

the University is extracted from the Cambridge The following summary of the members of Calendar of the present year:

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Bacalaureatus in S. Theologia-Thomas Thorpe.

Magisterii in Artibus-Rev. Sam. Johan. M'Clean, Johan. Martin, Henricus Lyons, Georgius Kiernan, Jacobus Kelly, Petrus Browne, Rev. T. Atkin, Thomas Browne, J. Thornhill, Gul. M'Mahon, J. Glascott, C. Tottenham, J. Rogers, J. Kelly, A. Carse, D. J. Coyle, J. Bridge, Rev. Gul. Gibbs, Nath. Hone, Edw. Grogan, Thomas G. Bourke, Patricius Lavelle, Rev. G. Forster, Rev. Gul. Ball, Rev. J. Rainsford, Thomas Nolan, J. Montgomery, Robert Maxwell, Robert Molesworth, Johan. C. Ferguson, J. G. Snugly, Rev. Thomas Hartley, Edw. Tottenham, Rev. Nich. Cuthbert Fenwick, Rev. Jacobus Armstrong.

Baccalaureatus in utroque Jure- Thomas Berry, Franciscus Bourke."

Baccalaureatus in Medicino-Franciscus Cornelius Sampson, Georgius Dyas, Johannes Nicholson (ad eundem, Cantab.), Jacobus Hoskins.

Baccalaureatus in Artibus-Primarium classe suâ adepti sunt, Andreas Harte, (Numisma in Artibus), Ricardus Trayer, Scholaris-(Numisma in Lit. Humanior.) Johan. Geor. Smyth, Gul. Atkins, Johan. Popham (Schol.), Hugo Hamilton (Schol.), Radulph. Oldham (Schol.), Isaac. O'Callaghan.

Eodem die admissi sunt ad gradum Bacc. in Artibus, Vice. Comes Adair, Filius nobilis, Edwardus Bruce, Jacobus Garrett, Sociorum Commensales, una cum 154 Pensionariis, et quinque Sizatoribus.

Bishop Berkeley's Medals, for the encouragement of the study of Greek, were obtained by Ds. Nolan, Ds. Finn, and Ds. Callanan.

The Vice-Chancellor's Prizes, to Graduates, for the best composition on The advantages of the Study of Political Economy, to William Digby Sadlier, A.B., and John Popham, A. B. (Scholars); to Undergraduates, for Greek and Latin Verse (subject, Druida), to Wm. Fitzgerald and Browne; for English Verse on the same subject, to W. Archer Butler.

At an examination held by Erasmus Smith's Professor of Oriental Languages, on Thursday, March 28, the following Students obtained the premiums annually given at the end of this Term, for the encouragement of the study of Hebrew:

Senior Bachelor Class.-Ds. Emerson, Ds. M'Neece.

Junior Bachelor Class.-Ds. Jones, Ds. Murphy, Ds. Clarke, Ds. Trayer.

The subjects for the Vice-Chancellor's Prizes, to be given at the Summer Commencements, are the following:-For Graduates, in Greek, Latin, or English Prose-" The demoralizing effects of Slavery." For Undergraduates, in Greek, Latin, or English Verse

Egyptus Rediviva. The compositions, with fictitious signatures, are to be deposited

with the Senior Lecturer, on or before Saturday the 1st of June.

The University have made arrangements for the publication of a catalogue of the MSS. preserved in the Library of Trinity College. The work was originally drawn up by H. I. Monck Mason, Esq., LL.D., under the Parliamentary Commission for examining the Public Records, and is now to be printed at the expence of the University, to correspond with the Harleian and Cottonian Catalogues published by the Commissioners.

The Rev. James Thomas O'Brien, D.D., has been appointed to the office of Archbishop King's Lecturer in Divinity. This Professorship has been hitherto an annual office, held by a Senior Fellow. It was founded in the year 1718, by the celebrated Dr. Wm. King, Lord Archbishop of Dublin, but the endowment having been small, it was impossible that the Lecturer could devote himself exclusively to its duties, and the annual change of the Lecturer increased the evil. To obviate these inconveniences, the Provost and Senior Fellows have placed this important situation under new regulations. The salary is increased to 7001. a-year, and the Professor is to be a Junior Fellow, resigning all duties of tuition and other college offices. It is intended to connect his lectures with the last year of the college course, so as to form, with the labours of the five Divinity Assistants and the Regius Professor, a course of two years' Theological studies for all candidates for Holy Orders.

His Majesty has granted to Trinity College, Dublin, a new statute, repealing certain clauses of the former statutes, which, by the altered circumstances of the University, had become inconvenient. Formerly the seven Senior Fellows, or, in the absence of any of them, the next in seniority of the Junior Fellows, were the examiners for Fellowships; the new statute gives the power of supplying the place of a Senior Fellow by the Professors of Natural Philosophy and Mathematics, although Junior Fellows, and not next in seniority-to examine, each in his own department. Instead of four unequal terms, corresponding with the Oxford terms, as formerly, the terms of the University are now three, of eleven weeks each. The hours of morning and evening prayer, and of morning lecture, were formerly fixed by statute; they are now left to the discretion of the Heads of the University. Annual Visitations are also abolished, and the visitors are now to hold visitations, not at any fixed period, but whenever they shall in their discretion deem it necessary to do so. Such are the alterations introduced by this new statute: they will necessarily require an entire change in the Undergraduate course, and in the mode of conducting the University examinations. Many most important and desirable improvements in the details of University business are contemplated.

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