The Court consists of the following members-viz., 1. The Rector. 2. The Principal. 3. An Assessor elected by the Chancellor. 4. The Lord Provost of Edinburgh for the time being. 5. An Assessor elected by the Lord Provost, Magistrates, and Town Council of Edinburgh. 6. An Assessor elected by the Rector. 7. An Assessor elected by the General Council of the University. 8. An Assessor elected by the Senatus Academicus. No Principal or Professor of any University is eligible to the office of Rector or Assessor, except in the case of the Assessor elected by the Senatus Academicus. The Rector and his Assessor continue in office for three years, and the other Assessors for four years. Five members of the Court constitute a quorum. The Rector, who is the ordinary President, has a deliberative and a casting vote. In his absence, the Member of the Court present who is first mentioned in the enumeration of its Members in the Universities Act shall preside, with a deliberative vote only; and in the event of an equality of votes, the consideration of the question shall be adjourned to a day of which due notice shall be given to the Rector; and if the Rector does not then attend, the Member presiding at such subsequent meeting shall have both a deliberative and casting vote.

Stated meetings of the Court are held upon the first Fridays of February, April, July, and October at Two o'clock.

An abstract of the proceedings of the Court is given at page 256.

CURATORS.

By the Universities (Scotland) Act (1858), the patronage of the seventeen Chairs, previously in the gift of the Town Council, was transferred to seven Curators-three nominated by the University Court, and four by the Town Council. Besides these seventeen Chairs, the Curators have also a share in the patronage of those of Humanity, Agriculture, Civil Law, Law of Scotland, and Conveyancing, which was formerly possessed by the Town Council. The Curators hold office for three years.

PRINCIPAL.

The Principal is appointed by the Curators. The office is held for life. The Principal is the resident Head of the College, and President of the Senatus Academicus.

PRINCIPALS ELECTED SINCE 1582.

1585. Robert Rollock, First Regent 1703. William Carstares.

1599. Henry Charteris. 1620. Patrick Sands. 1622. Robert Boyd. 1623. John Adamson. 1652. William Colvill. 1653. Robert Leighton. 1662. William Colvill. 1675. Andrew Cant. 1685. Alexander Monro. 1690. Gilbert Rule.

1716. William Wishart.

1730. William Hamilton.
1732. James Smith.

1636. William Wishart, secundus.
1754. John Gowdie.
1762. William Robertson.
1793. George Husband Baird.
1840. John Lee.

1859. Sir David Brewster.

SENATUS ACADEMICUS OR SENATE.

The Principal and whole Professors constitute the Senatus Academicus or Senate. This body is entrusted with the superintendence and regulation of the teaching and discipline of the University, and with the administration of its revenues and property, including the Library, Museums, and University Buildings. Degrees in Arts, Medicine, Law, and Theology are conferred by the Senatus, through the Chancellor or Vice-Chancellor. The Principal is President, with a deliberative and also a casting vote. In the absence of the Principal, the Senior Professor present acts as Chairman, also with a double vote. The Ordinary Meetings of Senatus are held on the last Saturday of November, January, February, and March; on the Saturday immediately preceding Christmas-day; on the last Friday of May, June, and July; on the 1st August (for conferring Degrees in Medicine); and in April (for conferring Degrees in Arts, Law, and Theology), and October, on days fixed at the preceding meetings. Extraordinary Meetings may be summoned by the Principal or by three Professors. One-third (eleven) of the Senatus constitutes a quorum.

The business of the Senatus is conducted by the Secretary, who prepares the Minutes, summons the Meetings, intimates business assigned to the Principal, to the Dean of any Faculty, or to the Convener of any Committee, and draws up the return for the Widows' Fund. The Secretary also administers the Sponsio Academica to Graduates.

FACULTIES AND DEANS.

The Chairs of the University are comprehended in the four Faculties. The affairs of each Faculty are presided over by a

Dean, who is elected from among Professors of the Faculty. Persons recommended for Degrees in the different Faculties are presented to the Senatus by the Dean, to whom all communications regarding the Classes in the Curriculum or Graduation should be addressed. The Deans of each Faculty are mentioned at p. 21, 22.*

FACULTY OF ARTS.

The Faculty of Arts, the most ancient in the University, comprehends the seven Chairs of Humanity (Latin), Mathematics, Greek, Logic and Metaphysics, Moral Philosophy, Natural Philosophy, and Rhetoric and English Literature. Attendance on these classes is required for the Degree of Master of Arts.

The Faculty of Arts also embraces the six Professorships of History (in conjunction with the Faculty of Law), Practical Astronomy, Agriculture, Music, Sanskrit, and Civil Engineering. PROFESSORS ANd Regents in THE FACULTY OF ARTS SINCE 1582. Professors of Humanity since 1597.

1597. John Ray.

1606. Blase Colt. 1611. Oliver Colt. 1611. Robert Burnet.

Andrew Stevenson.
1623. Samuel Rutherford.
1626. Thomas Crawford.
1630. John Armour.
1633. Alexander Gibson.
1636. James Wiseman.
1638. Robert Young.
1644. James Pillans.
1653. John Wishart.
1656. William Forbes.
1656. James M'Gowan.
1658. Hugh Smith.

1663. William Cumming.
1665. Andrew Ross.
1665. Thomas Bell.

1676. Gilbert MacMurdo.

1679. Alexander Cunningham. 1689. John Drummond.

1690. Laurence Dundas.

1728. Adam Watt.

1734. John Ker.

1741. George Stuart.

1775. John Hill.

1806. Alexander Christison.
1820. James Pillans.

1863. W. Y. Sellar.

Profes. of Mathematics since 1674.
1674. James Gregory.
1675. John Young.
1683. David Gregory.
1692. James Gregory.
1725. Colin M'Laurin.
1747. Matthew Stewart.
1775. Dugald Stewart.
1785. Adam Ferguson.
1785. John Playfair.
1805. John Leslie.
1819. William Wallace.
1838. PHILIP Kelland.

Regents since 1583.

[The Chairs of Greek, Logic, and Metaphysics, Moral Philosophy, and Natural Philosophy were occupied by the Regents, in rotation, from 1583 until 1708.]

1583. Robt. Rollock, first Regent 1583. Duncan Nairn.

The relative precedence of each Faculty is as follows:-1. Divinity; 2. Law; 3. Medicine; 4. Arts. The Deans take precedence in their respective Faculties, followed by the Members of their Faculties in the order of dates of their Commissions.

Professors of Natural Philosophy | Professors of Practical Astronomy

since 1708.

1708. Robert Stewart, one of the

Regents.

1742. John Stewart.

1759. Adam Ferguson.

1764. James Russell.

1774. John Robison.

1805. John Playfair.
1819. Sir John Leslie.
1833. James David Forbes.
1860. PETER GUTHRIE TAIT.
Professors of Rhetoric and English
Literature since 1762.

1762. Hugh Blair.
1784. William Greenfield.
1801. Andrew Brown.
1835. George Moir.
1840. William Spalding.
1845. W. E. Aytoun.
1865. DAVID MASSON.

Professors of History since 1719.
(See Faculty of Law.)

since 1786.

1786. Robert Blair.

1834. Thomas Henderson.
1846. CHARLES PIAZZI SMYTH.

Professors of Agriculture since 1790.
1790. Andrew Coventry.
1831. David Low.
1855. JOHN WILSON.

Professors of the Theory of Music
since 1839.

1839. John Thomson.
1842. Sir Henry Rowley Bishop.
1844. Henry Hugh Pearson.
1845. John Donaldson.
1865. HERBERT S. OAKELEY.

Professor of Sanskrit since 1862.
1862. THEODOR AUFRECHT.

Professor of Engineering. 1868. FLEEMING JENKIN.

FACULTY OF THEOLOGY.

This Faculty, the second in chronological order, comprehends the four Chairs of Divinity, Hebrew and Oriental Languages, Divinity and Ecclesiastical History, and Biblical Criticism and Antiquities.

PROFESSORS IN THE FACULTY OF THEOLOGY SINCE 1620.

Professors of Divinity since 1620.

1620. Andrew Ramsay.

1627. Henry Charteris.
1629. James Fairly.
1630. John Sharpe.
1648. Alexander Colvill.
1649. Samuel Rutherford.
1650. David Dickson.
1662. Patrick Scougall.
1664. William Keith.
1675. Laurence Charteris.
1682. John Menzies.
1683. John Strachan.
1690. George Campbell.
1701. George Meldrum.

1709. William Hamilton.
1732. James Smith.

1733. John Gowdie.

1754. Robert Hamilton.
1779. Andrew Hunter.

1809. William Ritchie.
1828. Thomas Chalmers.
1844. John Lee.

1859. THOMAS J. CRAWFORD.
Professors of Hebrew since 1642.
1642. Julius Conradus Otto.
1656. Alexander Dickson.
1679. Alexander Aniedeus.
1681. Alexander Douglas.
1692. Patrick Sinclair.