& Sunday Afternoon Lecturer of St. Mary, Newington Butts Freeman, Stephen, Forty Hill, Enfield Froude, R. H., Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford, at Dartington, Devon Northum. Durham Bp. of Durham Hawkins, -, C. of Kington St. Michael, near Chippenham Kinleside, W....... Lord Chancellor E. York { of York S } Angmering East R. Sussex Chiches. De la Zouch Family Menzies, Alfred, Fellow of Trinity College, Oxford, at Torquay, Devon Skillern, Richard S., Master of Crypt Grammar School, Gloucester St.Petrock C. Exeter Devon Exeter The Rev. A. Macintosh, Curate of Tralee, to Bailycushlane Rectory, part of the Union of Castleisland. The Lord Bishop of Ferns and Ossory has been pleased to make the following appointments:-The Rev. Robert Fishbourne, to the Prebend of Aghold, vacant by the death of the Rev. James M'Ghee; the Rev. Thomas I. Jacob, Curate of Aghold, to the vicarage of Cloydah, vacant by the promotion of the Rev. Robert Fishbourne; and the Rev. Robert Carpenter, Perpetual Curate of Shilelagh, to the impropriate Cure of Mullinacuff, vacant by the death of the Rev. James M'Ghee. The Lord Bishop of Cork, Cloyne, and Ross has made the following appointments consequent on the resignation of the living of Whitechurch, by the Rev. Dr. Hingston, Vicar General of Cloyne :-The Rev. James Hingston, who gives up the Wardenship of Youghal and living of Clonmult, to the living of Whitechurch; the Rev. John Aldworth, Rector of Inchinabacca, to the Wardenship of Youghal; and the Rev. John Bolster, Curate of Brooklodge, to the living of Inchinabacca. The Lord Lieutenant has bestowed upon the Rev. George Sampson, his Chaplain, the valuable living of Ruddington (an union of three parishes) in the Diocese of Meath. Rev. William Stephenson, M.A., for fifty-four years Curate of St. Mary's, Clonmel, to the Living of New Chapel, vacant by the preferment of the Rev. Mr. Hoopspatron, the Archbishop of Cashel. The Rev. G. Gubbins, to the parish of Drumulin, vacant by the promotion of the Rev. A. Mackintosh. The Rev. Mr. Murphy, Curate of Ennis, is appointed principal of the school for the Education of the Sons of the Clergy at Edgeworthstown. DEATHS. At Aghnagaddy Glebe, the Rev. Dr. C. H. Ussher, Rector of Tullyaghuish, diocese of Raphoe, and formerly Fellow of Trinity College, Dublin. At Killegally Glebe, Kings's County, aged 29, the Rev. H. L Mahon, second son of the Rev. H. Mahon. COLONIAL. The Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of the diocese has granted the following licences, viz.-to the Rev. Alfred Emmanuel Eckel, as Officiating Minister in the Quarter of Naparima, in the island of Trinidad; to the Rev. John George Millhauser, as Officiating Minister in the Quarter of Naparima, in the island of Trinidad; and to John Pilgrim Wall, as reader in the island of Dominica, under the superintendence and direction of the Rector of the Parish of St. George, in the island.—Barbadian. UNIVERSITY NEWS. OXFORD. February 27. In a Convocation holden on Thursday last the following Degrees were conferred : Doctor in Divinity, Grand CompounderRev. Edw. Bouverie Pusey, Canon of Christ Church, Regius Professor of Hebrew. Masters of Arts-Rev. S. Lysons, Exeter College, Grand Compounder; G. Kettilby Rickards, Trinity College; Rev. W. Hornby, Christ Church; Edw. James, St. John's College; R. Lowe, Fellow of Magdalen. Bachelors of Arts-G. Lowe, Merton College; A. Gatty, Exeter College. The Proctors for the ensuing year are, the Rev. R. Hussey, M.A., Student of Christ Church; Rev. H. Thorpe, M.A., late Fellow of St. John's. On Thursday last, G. Kettilby Rickards, M.A., of Trinity College, was elected and admitted a Fellow of Queen's College, on Mr. Michel's Foundation. On the same day, Mr. E. Penrose Hathaway was elected a Middlesex Exhibitioner of the same Society. Ashmolean Society, March 4.-The President in the chair. The minutes of the last Meeting were read. The following gentlemen were elected Members:-Rev. W. J. Copleston, M.A., Oriel College; E. Massie, M.A., Wadham College; T. E. Morris, B.A., Christ Church; E.J. Randolph, B. A., Christ Church; C. Daman, B.A., Magdalen College; W. Dyke, B. A., Jesus College. A Paper was read by Mr. Twiss on the amphitheatre at Pola in Istria; as also an anonymous one, by a Member, on some points relative to the Natural History of the Flea. March 5. Trinity College.-There will be an Election of Three Scholars on Monday, May 30. Candidates must be above sixteen and under twenty years of age, and will be required to present, in person, to the President, certificates of baptism, and testimonials of conduct, together with a Latin epistle to request permission to offer themselves, at nine o'clock on Wednesday morning, May 25. In a Convocation holden on Thursday last, the names of the following gentlemen, who had been nominated Public Examiners, were submitted to the House, and unanimously approved : In Literis Humanioribus-Rev. F. Oakeley, Fellow of Balliol College. In Disciplinis Mathematicis et PhysicisE. Hill, M.A., Student of Christ Church. On Thursday last, Mr. G. Newnham Phillips, of Merton College, was admitted to the Degree of Bachelor of Arts. On Monday, Feb. 22, Mr. T. R. Agnew, Scholar of New College, was admitted Actual Fellow of that Society. Yesterday, Mr. W. G. S. Addison, Commoner of Exeter College, was elected Lusby Scholar of Magdalen Hall. "The one is, to guard against danger from Dr. Hampden's future instructions as a Professor ; the other, to counteract the evil tendency of his past publications by some formal and authoritative act of censure. "With respect to the latter, which they consider a measure of the utmost importance, they are still in doubt whether the Board of Heads of Houses and Proctors has consented to entertain it in any shape; and as an exact knowledge of the decision of the Board upon this point must materially influence their own conduct, they request the earliest information upon it. . With regard to the former object, they feel that their distrust of Dr. Hampden, as a teacher in theology (founded, as it is, on the nature and tendency of his repeated statements), is such as to require the immediate application of suitable and sufficient safeguards; and that no explanation or even recantation of his opinions at this moment can sufficiently restore their confidence; and they cannot but think it a great evil, that Dr. Hampden should be permitted to enter upon the duties of his office without any previous act upon the part of the University, which may serve as a warning to the young men committed to their care. Acting upon the deliberate and conscientious conviction, that, under such circumstances, nothing can justify the University in shrinking from its solemn duty both to its students and the church, they most earnestly deprecate any delay which may throw doubt on its intention, and protract, perhaps to another term, all the evils of this unhappy dis cussion. "However unwilling to depart from the ordinary practice of the University, they feel it their bounden duty, as individuals, no longer to postpone the adoption of such measures as may seem best calculated to obviate the dangers apprehended, and secure the objects proposed. It is, therefore, with great respect, that they feel themselves bound to add, that after Tuesday next, they should consider themthink best adapted to satisfy the claims of selves at liberty to pursue the course they may duty. "III. That the Chairman sign on behalf of the Meeting. (Signed) "VAUGHAN THOMAS, B. D., Chairman." The following Petition to the King, respecting the appointment of Regius Professor of Divinity at Oxford, was signed in a short time by seventy-three of the resident Fellows and Tutors of Colleges, and transmitted to the Archbishop of Canterbury for presentation to his Majesty. Dr. Hampden is, however, not only securely fixed in his Professorship, but, it is said, is also designed by Lord Melbourne for immediate appointment to a Bishoprick. It is from such like sources, we conceive, that the church is in danger, much more than from any attacks of dissenters and papists; and the proceedings of ministers in this course cannot be too much protested against. "We, the undersigned, beg to approach your Majesty with every sentiment of loyal and devoted affection, and to acknowledge with thankfulness the benefits which we have derived from the appointments made by your Majesty's predecessors to the important office of your Majesty's Professor of Divinity in this University. "We would anxiously disclaim all wish to interfere with the exercise of this prerogative, which has been of so great benefit to our ancestors, and recently to ourselves. "We would, however, humbly submit that those who, as has been reported to us, have recommended to your Majesty Dr. Hampden, Principal of St. Mary Hall, for this important office, cannot be sufficiently acquainted with the theological character of the individual whom they have recommended. "We regret to say that, from the statement of his opinions, put forth in his published works, we should apprehend the most disastrous consequences to the soundness of the faith of those whom he would have to educate for the sacred ministry of the church, and to the church itself. We beg also to submit to your Majesty, that it is very essential to the discharge of the duties of the Regius Professor of Divinity that he should possess the full confidence of the several persons engaged or interested in the education of young men in this place; which confidence we, unhappily, cannot repose in Dr. Hampden. "We would humbly implore your Majesty to be pleased graciously to listen to such representations as may be laid before you by the heads of our church, some of whom have them selves discharged the office of Regius Professor of Divinity. "We shall rely most confidently upon your Majesty's known attachment to the church, and to the interests of religion, that your Majesty will appoint a fit person for this weighty office; and we shall wait cheerfully your Majesty's decision, in a matter which so deeply concerns the spiritual and eternal interests of so many of your Majesty's subjects."—Camb. Chronicle. March 12. On Monday last, a Convocation was holden, in which it was proposed to abrogate certain oaths to be taken by officers and others connected with the University upon their admission into office. The majority of the proposed alterations was agreed to; that which contemplated the omission of the oath of supremacy at matriculation, as well as the omission of the oath taken by persons upon admission to the Bodleian Library, were rejected. On Thursday last, the following Degrees were conferred Masters of Arts-Rev. C. Alderson, Magdalen Hall; Rev. W. Butler, Queen's; W. J. E. Rooke, Brasennose; G. B. Sandford, Bra sennose. Bachelors of Arts-H. W. Freeland, Ch. Ch.; J. F. Fagg, University. The University Scholarship for the encouragement of Latin literature, for the present year, has been adjudged to Mr. W. Linwood, Commoner of Ch. Ch. Yesterday, Mr. R. Joynes (from the Charter House) was elected Scholar of Corpus Christi, for the county of Kent. Yesterday, the following Members of University College were elected Scholars of this Society-Mr. T. Shadforth, on Mr. Browne's foundation; Mr. W. Skirrow, on Mr. Hearne's foundation; and Mr. H. W. O. Polhill, on Mr. Gunsley's foundation. The Rev. S. Reay, M.A., of St. Alban's Hall, has been admitted ad eundem in the University of Cambridge. comp. On Tuesday last, Messrs. J. Fraser, and W. Kay, and Messrs. G. Atty, of Brasennose, and F. P. Morris, of Worcester, were elected Scholars of Lincoln; and at the same time, Messrs. E. H. Adamson of University, and C. R. Martyn, of Lincoln, were elected Exhibitioners of the same Society, on the Foundation of Lord Crewe. Mr. Linwood, of Ch. Ch., the same gentleman who so recently obtained the University Scholarship for the encouragement of Latin literature, is the successful candidate for Dean Ireland's Scholarship for 1836. The Examiners appointed to elect a Mathematical Scholar for 1836, have announced their election of Mr. N. Pocock, B.A., Michel Scholar of Queen's. March 26. On Thursday last, Mr. T. A. Echalez, of Trinity College, was admitted to the Degree of Bachelor of Arts. CAMBRIDGE. BACHELORS' COMMENCEMENT. (Omitted by mistake in former numbers.) MODERATORS-Rev. S. Earnshaw, M. A., St. John's; Rev. H. Phillpott, M. A., Catharine Hall. EXAMINERS-Rev. J. H. Evans, M. A., St. John's; Rev. A. Thurtell, M. A., Caius. Wranglers-1, Smith, A., Trin.; 2, Colenso, Joh.; 3, Robinson, Joh.; 4, Aldam, Trin.; 5, Pirie, Trin.; 6, Collison, Joh. ; 7, Lane, Joh.; 8, Walton, Trin.; 9, Haslam, Joh.; 10, Conway, Trin.; 11, Sheppard, Clare; 12, Smith, Joh. ; 13, Tozer, Caius; 14, Hedley, Trin.; 15, Turner, W., Trin; 16, Atkinson, Trin.; 17, Headlam, Trin.; 18, Turner, S., Trin.; 19, Currey, Trin.; 20, Bates, Christ's; 21, Clayton, Caius; 22, Lawson, Joh. ; 23, Lane, Caius; 24, Uwins, Joh. ; 25, Patteson, Corpus; 26, Farrand, Clare; 27, Chapman, Joh. ; 28, Sparling, Joh. ; 29, Swinny, Magd.; 30, Calvert, Pemb.; 31, Gambier, Trin.; 32, Ansted, Jesus; 33, Fisher, Cath.; 34, Adcock, Clare. Senior Optimes - 1, Ayrton, Trin.; 2, Cooke, Joh.; 3, Walford, Trin.; 4, Whitelock, Trin.; 5, Hubert, Christ's; 6, Landon, Corpus; 7, Hudson, Joh. ; 8, Tennant, Trin.; 9, Trapp, Clare; 10, Christopherson, Joh.; 11, Hale, Trin. H.; 12, Duncan, Pet.; 13, Verlander, Joh. ; 14, Davies, Joh.; 15, Keymer, Pemb.; 16, Jennings, Trin.; 17, Westoby, Trin.; 18, Marsh, Joh.; 19, Wilkins, Caius; 20, Coleman, Joh. ; 21, May, Cath.; 22, Parkes, Trin.; 23, Sykes, Magd.; 24, Bickersteth, Sid.; 25, Coles, Corpus; 26, Fellowes, Joh. ; 27, Nicholson, Emm.; 28, Campbell, Trin.; 29, Chamberlain, Pet.; 30, Turner, R., Trin.; 31, Legard, Emm.; 32, Pollock, Trin.; 33, Clark, Joh.; 34, Jones, J., Joh. ; 35, Clarke, Queens'; 36, Kingdon, Queens'; 37, Palmes, Trin.; 38, Pierpoint, Joh. ; 39, Jones, W., Joh. ; 40, Cotton, Trin.; 41, Moore, Magd.; 42, Osborne, Trin.; 43, Lynn, Christ's; 44, Amphlett, Pet.; 45, Roberts, Clare; 46, Bateson, Joh.; 47, Green, Christ's; 48, Higgins, Corpus; 49, Timins, Trin.; 50, Gilbert, Joh.; 51, Keppel, Hon. T., Down.; 52, Frere, Trin.; 53, Hillman, Trin.; 54, Crow, Cath.; 55, Drage, Emm.; 56, Mansfield, Trin.; 57, Parker, Corpus; 58, Bell, Queens'. Junior Optimes-1, Packer, Trin.; 2, Jones, Magd.; 3, Nicholl, Trin.; 4, Bennett, Joh.; 5, Baker, Caius; 6, Eden, Joh. ; 7, Jeudwine, G., Joh.; 8, Milner, Pemb.; 9, Cooper, Pet.; 10, Chapman, Caius; 11, Carnegie, Cath.; 12, Pardoe, Joh.; 13, Phelps, Joh.; 14, Hoare, Joh.; 15, Hodgson, Joh.; 16, Thompson, Emm.; 17, Thornton, Trin.; 18, Meade, Pet.; 19, Thorp, Emm.; 20, Hore, Trin.; 21, Roughton, Emm.; 22, Smith, J. I., Trin.; 23, Wilkinson, Joh.; 24, Cousins, Pet.; 25, Salman, Joh. ; 26, Whitworth, Clare; 27, Brown, Joh. ; 28, Richardson, Trin.; 29, Jackson, Pemb.; 30, Simpson, Trin.; 31, Hardy, Trin.; 32, Moore, Queens'; 33, Nelson, Magd. Agar, Trin.; Browne, Trin.; Everard, Joh.; Howes, Caius; Jeudwine, W., Joh.; Lowndes, Trin.; Morgan, Trin.; Pullein, Clare; Scratchley, Queens'; Vicars, Joh. Egrotat Bridgman, Caius; Radcliffe, Trin. February 26. At the congregation on the 17th inst., C. Bernal, of Clare hall, was admitted to the degree of Bachelor of Arts. At the congregation on the 3rd inst., F. Nicholas, M.A., of Wadham College, Oxford, was admitted ad eundem. A meeting of the Philosophical Society was held on Monday evening, Dr. Thackeray, V.P., in the chair. A paper was read by Mr. Kelland, of Queens',"On the application of the hypothesis of finite intervals to the explanation of the phenomena of dispersion." The object of this paper was to shew, that by supposing, as M. Cauchy has done, the distance between two consecutive particles of the medium of light to bear a finite ratio to the length of wave, the phenomena of dispersion are satisfactorily accounted for. Numerical calculations are entered into for the purpose of verifying the formula in all the cases which M. Fraunhofer has examined. The fact that a star appears to us as a point, and not a spectrum, compels the author to the conclusion that the medium of light is more dense in vacuum than in refracting media, a conclusion in opposition to generally-received opinions. It is also a consequence of the above circumstance, as applied to the author's formula, that the forces which the particles exert on each follow the law of the inverse square of the distance, and also that the vibrations must be transversal. The author added, that, by the formula he had investigated, a marked difference was found in the results when applied to M. Fraunhofer's seven solids and three fluids; for the former a particular function of the forces was always negative for the latter always positive; which remarkable circumstance, the author thinks, will lead to the most important consequences in the theory of molecular actions.- Mr. Whewell also made some remarks on the present state of our knowledge of the tides. He stated that recent researches have completely changed the position of this subject;-observation is now in advance of theory, as, a little while ago, theory was in advance of observation. It has been shewn that the inequalities depending on the moon's hour of transit, declination, and parallax follow with great exactness the laws resulting from the hypothesis of a spheroid of equilibrium, slightly modified. In addition to this, it has recently been discovered that the diurnal inequality of the tides agrees in general circumstances with the equilibrium hypothesis, and that there is a solar inequality also agreeing with the same hypothesis. The observer may now, therefore, call upon the mathematician to investigate the result of some theory agreeing more nearly with the state of the case than those of Bernoulli and Laplace, and thus to bring the calculation into accordance with the observed quantities. It was remarked further, that this must be solved as a problem of hydrodynamics, not of hydrostatics; but that it does not appear likely that a satisfactory solution will be obtained, except we take into account the retarding forces, as well as the attractive forces and the condition of perfect fluidity. This being almost the only mechanical problem yet unsolved, which is requisite for the completion of the theory of universal gravitation, was put forward as a subject well worthy the attention of mathematicians. March 4. CLASSICAL TRIPOS. EXAMINERS-J. F. Isaacson, B.D., St. John's; J. Gibson, M.A., Sidney Sussex; H. S. Hildyard, M. A., St. Peter's; C. Merivale, M.A., St. John's. First Class-Osborne, Trinity; Marsh, St. John's; Bateson, St. John's; Mansfield, Trin.; Smith, J. I., Trin.; Turner, R. E., Trin.; Gambier, Trin.; Cotton, Trin. ; Frere, Trin. Walford, Trin.; Clayton, Caius; Atkinson, Trin. Second Class-Jeudwine, G., St. John's; Thompson, Emman.; Campbell, Trin.; Richardson, Trin.; Thorp, Emman.; Whitworth, Clare; Cooke, St. John's; Wilkinson, St. John's; Swinny, Magd.; Fellowes, St. John's; Clarke, T. J., St. John's. Third Class Milner, E. W., Pemb.; Moore, Queens'; Jackson, Pemb.; Tennant, Trin.; Chapman, St. John's; Keymer, Pemb.; Hudson, St. John's; Walton, Trin.; Adcock, Clare; Pollock, Trin.; Hoare, St. John's; Cousins, St. Peter's; Meade, St. Peter's. On Wednesday last, C. J. Vaughan, of Trinity, was elected Craven scholar. Havilland De Sausmarez, B. A., of Caius College, in this University, has been elected a Fellow of Pembroke, Oxford, on the nomination of the Dean and Jurats of the Island of Guernsey. At a congregation on Wednesday last, the following degrees were conferred: Bachelor in Divinity-Rev. J. Prendergast, Queens'. Master of Arts-J. H. Willan, St. John's. Bachelor in the Civil Law-H. Penfold, Trinity hall. Bachelors of Arts-Rev. S. H. Widdring |