M. A. Vernon, Egerton Venables, student of Martin, Rev. Thomas, Queen's Ellis, Wm. Thos., Brasen., Gr. Comp. Gaselee, Stephen, Baliol Fessey, George Frederick, Lincoln Greenhall, Richard, Brasennose May 24. B. D. Jones, Rev. John, fellow of Jesus B. C. L. Bayne, Rev. Thos. Vere, schol. of ditto Cary, Rev. James W., Magdalen hall Tufnell, Edw. C., Balliol, Gr. Comp. Smith, Henry, ditto Warburton, James F. E., Brasennose Taylor, Montague James, ditto Sketchley, Alexander E., Magdalen hall Pritchard, Richard, ditto Powell, Walter P., Worcester Young, Julian Charles, ditto Pearson, John, Balliol Ward, Wiliam R., Balliol Bateman, John Bateman, Buckley, ditto Acheson, Rt. Hon. Archibald Viscount, Christ Church Bridges, Thomas Pym, ditto Oakele, Rev. Herbert, Oriel, Gr. Comp. Phipps, Edward J., Exeter Benbow, Edward, Pembroke May 28. B. Č. L. Rew, Wm. A., fellow of ditto Denison, John E., Christ Ch.,Gr.Comp. Wakefield, Rev. James, St. Edm. hall Penn, Granville John, Christ Church Gaskell, Chas. Thos., Trin., Gr. Comp. Hele, Fitz-Henry, Queen's Dodgson, William J. T., ditto Moule, Horace, ditto Sutton, Thomas, St. Edmund Hall Redhead, John R., ditto Curme, Thomas, Worcester Twisleton, Chas. Sam., scholar of ditto Phillimore, John G., stud. of Christ Ch. Ridley, Matthew White, ditto Whitmore, Thomas Charlton, ditto Beaumont, Henry R., ditto Lawrence, Robert French, stud. of ditto Trimmer, Kirby, St. Alban Hall Goldney, Horatio N., ditto Lawson, James, ditto Harding, William, University Hamilton, John, Brasennose Higgon, John, ditto Booth, Thomas W., ditto B. A. Auriol, Edward, Christ Ch., Gr. Comp. Longmire, John M., St. Edmund hall Ware, Henry, Magdalen hall Braund, William H., ditto Walker, William F., ditto Blackwell, John, Jesus Williams, Henry Bayley, ditto Lynne, Thomas W., Worcester Hellington, William, Pembroke June 12. M. A. Colborne, Rev. John, Wadham, Grand Compounder Brock, Rev. Mourant, St. Mary hall Morris, George, scholar of Corpus Hopton, Rev. William P., Trinity Leicester, Rev. Frederick, Queen's Watson, Rev. John H, Wadham Pinnegar, Rev. Richard B., Pembroke Saumarez, James de, scholar of ditto Davidson, Thomas, Worcester B. A. Botfield, Beriah, Christ Ch., Gr. Comp. MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. Walter John Trower, B. A., and George Anthony Denison, B. A. of Christ Church, and Charles Neate, B. A. of Lincoln college, have been elected fellows of Oriel. The Rev. Edward Burton, M. A. has been appointed Bampton Lecturer for 1829. The Rev. Dr. Jenkyns, Master of Baliol, has been elected a Curator of the Skeldonian Theatre. The Rev. Joseph Dornford, M. A., Fellow of Oriel, has been appointed a Public Examiner in Literis Humanioribus; and the Rev. Robert Walker, M. A., a public Examiner in Disciplinis Mathematicis et Physicis. The prizes for the present year have been adjudged to the following gentle Saviour was not the result of weakness or delusion, but of reasonable conviction," has been awarded to Mr. Charles Abel Heurtley, B. A., Scholar of Corpus Christi college. CHANCELLOR'S PRIZES FOR THE Latin Verse:- M. T. Cicero cum familiaribus suis apud Tusculum. For an English Essay:-The power and stability of federative governments. For a Latin Essay: - Quibus potissimum rationibus gentes a Romanis debellata ita afficerentar ut cum victoribus in unius imperii corpus coaluerint? The first of the above subjects is in tended for those gentlemen who, on the day appointed to send the Exercises to the Registrar of the University, shall not have exceeded four years; and the other two for such as shall have exceeded four, but not completed seven years, from the time of their matriculation. SIR JOHN NEWDIGATE'S PRIZE. For the best composition in English verse, not limited to fifty lines, by any Under-Graduate who, on the day above specified, shall not have exceeded four years from the time of his matriculation Voyages of Discovery to the Polar Regions. In every case the time is to be computed by calendar, not academical years, and strictly, from the day of matriculation to the day on which the exercises are to be delivered to the Registrar of the University, without reference to any intervening circumstances what ever. No person who has already obtained a prize will be deemed entitled to a second prize of the same description. The exercises are all to be sent under a sealed cover to the Registrar of the University, on or before the first day of May next. The author is required to conceal his name, and to distinguish his composition by what motto he pleases; sending at the same time his name and the date of his matriculation, sealed up under another cover, with the motto inscribed upon it. The exercises to which the prizes shall have been adjudged will be repeated (after a previous rehearsal) in the theatre, upon the commemoration-day, M. A. (Incep.) Challis, James, fellow of Trinity Johnson, Edward, Trinity Goode, Rev. William, ditto Pooley, Rev. John H., fell. of St. John's Fenn, Rev. Warwell, Catherine Goldsmith, George, St. Peter's Tuer, William H., Magdalen April 23. B. D. Walpole, Rev. Robert, Trinity M. A. Bishton, John, ditto Flood, Frederick S., ditto Praed, Winthrop, fellow of ditto Isaacson, Rev. John F., fell. of St.John's Hartshorne, Charles H., St. John's Davis, Henry, Trinity Baker, David B., St. John's Hamilton, James, St. John's Saunders, John, ditto Tuckett, Fenton, ditto Wilmott, Francis S., ditto Wynne, William, ditto Hanham, Phelipps, St. Peter's Maltby, Frederick W., ditto Macdonald, James, Caius Bennett, Nicholas, Queen's Bridge, Robert L., ditto Coghlan, James, ditto Hiscock, Thomas E., ditto Langdon, Charles ditto Murray, Henry, ditto Williams, Jackson M., ditto Cordeaux, John, Catherine Aurand, Alexander, Jesus Chapman, Benjamin, Christ Robertson, James, ditto Foster, Joseph, Emanuel Hindle, Rev. Joseph, fell. of St. John's, ditto Caunter, Rev. John H., St. Peter's Crowther, Rev. Samuel, Clare hall MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. The Vice-Chancellor and other official electors of Tyrwhitt's Hebrew scholarships have given notice, in pursuance of the thirteenth regulation of the Senate, bearing date the 14th of March, 1826, that a premium of 50l. will be given for the best dissertation on "The nature and extent of the Hebraisms found in the writings of St. Paul, including the Epistle to the Hebrews." EXAMINATION FOR THE DEGREE OF 66 The Syndicate appointed to consider whether any, and what alterations may be made with advantage in the examination for the degree of B. A., have made the following report_to_the Senate, with reference to the final examination of the questionists, not candidates for honours::-- "It appears to them expedient "That in future this examination commence on the same day as the examination of the candidates for honours. "That of the six Examiners, two confine themselves to the mathematical subjects; two to Homer and Virgil; and two to Paley's Evidences, Paley's Moral Philosophy, and Locke's Essay on the Human Understanding. "That on the Monday previous to the commencement of the examination, the Examiners publish the names of the candidates arranged in alphabetical order, and separated into two equal divisions. "That these divisions be examined at separate times. "That the distribution of the subjects and times of examination be according to the following table |