OXFORD.

April 27.

Wadham College. - An election to four scholarships will take place on the 30th of June. Natives of any county in Great Britain, under nineteen years of age, are eligible; but for one of the scholarships, natives of Essex, duly qualified, are entitled to a preference. The examination will begin on Wednesday, the 26th of June, at nine o'clock, before which time the warden must receive certificates of the candidates' baptism and of their parents' marriage, with testimonials of good conduct.

On Wednesday the following Degrees were conferred :

Bachelor in Divinity-Rev. J. Carter, Fellow of St. John's.

Masters of Arts J. J. Plumer, Balliol, grand comp.; Rev. J. A. Ashworth, Fellow of Brasennose; Rev. H. Matthie, Pembroke; Rev. J. Dodson, Christ Church; S. A. Pears, scholar of Corpus Christi; J. M. Wilson, Scholar of Corpus Christi; J. T. White, Corpus Christi; Rev. J. Browell, Exeter; Rev. F. Brown, Exeter; Rev. C. Seager, Worcester; E. M'Leod, Worcester; Rev. W. S. Thomson, Jesus.

Bachelors of Arts-H, Maister, New Inn Hall; G. W. Brameld, Lincoln; W. H. Hughes, Christ; G. H. Pedlar, Magdalen Hall; G. A. Buller, Queen's; H. Bathurst, Merton; B. H. Adams, Exeter; J. M. Bassett, Exeter; J.R.Alsop, scholar of Brasennose; W. Mathias, Brasenose; J. Dixon, Trinity.

The theological prize instituted by the late Mrs. Denyer, "On the Justification of Man before God only by Christ, proving also that True Faith must be accompanied with Good Works," has been adjudged to the Rev. J. Wilson, M.A., Fellow of Corpus Christi.

May 4.

Worcester College.-There will be an election of a scholar on the foundation of Mrs. S. Eaton, in this college, on Wednesday, the 5th of June.

In a congregation holden on Thursday last, the following Degrees were conferred :-

Masters of Arts-Rev. C. R. Hall, Christ Church, grand comp.; A. Waddilove, Trinity, grand comp.; Rev. S. Stead, Brasennose.

Bachelors of Arts-J. L. Thomson, Exeter, grand comp.; H. Smith, Queen's, grand comp. W. J. Braikenridge, Exeter; J. Williams, St. Mary Hall; G. Talbot, St. Mary Hall; G. D. Guille, scholar of Pembroke; W. H. Biedermann, Pembroke; E.W. Garrow, Brasennose; J. W. Routh, demy of Magdalen; C. H. Walker, Worcester; H. W. Steel, Jesus; W. l'anson, University; C. Bewicke, University;

Our academical readers will have much pleasure in learning that a site has at length been found on which to erect the buildings neeessary to carry into effect the objects of the late Sir Robert Taylor, and of Dr. Francis Randolph, as expressed in their respective wills, in the following terms :—

Extract from the Will of Sir Robert Taylor, Knt., being part of the Codicil thereto annexed:

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sors,

"To the chancellor and scholars of the University of Oxford, and their succesfor the purpose of applying the interest and produce thereof in purchase of freehold land within, or if possible to be made within, the jurisdiction of the said University, for the erecting a proper edifice therein, and for establishing a foundation for the teaching and improving the European languages in such manner as should from time to time be approved by the said chancellor and scholars in convocation assembled."

Extract from the Will of the late Dr. Randolph, Principal of St. Alban Hall, who died in 1797:

"Item; as a public building or repository is much wanted for the reception of the Pomfret statues belonging to the University of Oxford, and for paintings, engravings, and other curiosities, which may occasionally be left to that learned body, I therefore leave the sum of one thousand pounds, in government securities, in the three per cent. consols, in trust, to be applied as a small beginning of a fund for the design of erecting such a building; and I desire that the interest of the said sum may be continually reserved, till, on future benefactions, the University may be enabled to complete the building in a handsome manner; and I appoint the vice-chancellor, the president of C. C. C., and the master of University College for the time being, as my trustees for putting this design into execution; and would recommend the south-west end of the Physic Garden as a proper spot for that purpose.'

The present amount of this fund is 4,2001, cons. three per cent.

The spot fixed on is a plot of ground belonging to the provost and fellows of Worces

ter College, and situate on the north-east corner of Beaumont-street, adjoining, and partly fronting, St. Giles's. It extends from the corner of the street on the St. Giles's side to the shop occupied by Mr. Cox the tailor inclusive, and in Beaumont-street reaches from the public house the whole length of the present dead wall, or to the first house on the right hand of the street towards Worcester College. It will be readily allowed that the University are very fortunate in thus securing so large a space of freehold ground, and we have no doubt but that the buildings hereafter to be erected will in every way be commensurate with the purposes for which they are intended, as well as do credit to an university already possessing so many claims to architectural magnificence.

In a convocation holden yesterday, the nomination of the Rev. J. Norris, B.D. and Fellow of Corpus Christi, to be a delegate of estates, was unanimously approved.

In the same convocation, the nomination of the Rev. R. Hussey, B.D. and student of Christ Church, and the Rev. H. A. Dodd, M.A., Fellow of Queen's, to be delegates of accounts, in the room of the late Provost of Worcester and the late Professor Rigaud, was also unanimously approved.

The Rev. W. H. Mill, D.D. of Trinity, Cambridge, and Principal of Bishop's, Calcutta, was admitted ad eundem, being presented by the Rev. the Provost of Oriel College.

In a congregation holden the same day, the following Degrees were conferred :

Doctor in Civil Law - H. Elphinstone, Esq., Merton, grand comp.

Bachelor in Divinity-Rev. R. L. Cotton, Provost of Worcester.

Masters of Arts-Rev. H. Comyn, Exeter; F. Hathaway, Fellow of Worcester.

Bachelors of Arts-J. Emeris, scholar of University, grand comp.; G. Harding, Brasennose, grand comp. ; E. H. Adamson, exhibitioner of Lincoln; W. E. Buckley, scholar of Brasennose; G. T. Driffield, scholar of Brasennose; J. Byron, Brasennose; R. Eddie, Brasennose; C. Nevile, Scholar of Trinity; R. C. Denny, Trinity; W. Powell, Exeter; H. E. Cruttwell, Worcester; J. Rusbridger, Wadham.

Mr. Maurice, C. M. Swabey, and Mr. T. Green, have been elected students of Christ Church, from Westminster school.

On Wednesday last, F. Hathaway, B.A., was elected Fellow of Worcester, on the foundation of Dr. Clarke; and on the same day, R. W. Wheeler, post-master of Merton, was elected scholar on the same foundation.

On Saturday last, A. E. Somerset, Esq. M.A. and E. F. Talbot, Esq. M. A.,students of Christ Church, and J. Hill, Esq., B.A., Fellow of New, were called to the bar by the honourable society of the Inner Temple.

The following gentlemen of this University have been called to the degree of Barrister-atlaw by the hon. society of Lincoln's Inn :

W. J. Phelps, Esq., M.A. of Oriel; T. C. Briggs, Esq., B.A. of Worcester; and T. H. A. Poynder, Esq., M. A. of Brasennose.

May 18.

On Tuesday last, the new statute, Tit. iv., constituting a prælectorship in logic, was submitted to convocation, and carried by a majority of 27 to 18. The prælector (who must be a Master of Arts, or a Bachelor in Civil Law or Medicine, at the least) is to be elected by convocation, and to hold his office for ten years, at the expiration of which period, however, he is eligible for re-election. The salary of the prælector to arise from a small terminal payment made by all (servitors excepted) under the degree of M.A. The vicechancellor has fixed Wednesday, June the 5th, at two o'clock, for the election of the first prælector.

Yesterday, R. C. Powles, commoner of Exeter, was elected scholar of that society.

Yesterday, Mr. T. Shadforth, B.A., scholar of University, was elected fellow of that society on the foundation of King Henry IV. At the examination in Easter term, 1838, Mr. Shadforth was placed in the first class in Disciplinis Mathematicis et Physicis, and in the second class in Literis Humanioribus.

THE CLASS LIST.-The names of those candidates who, at the examination in Easter term, were admitted by the public examiners into the classes, according to the alphabetical arrangement in each class prescribed by the statute, are as follows:

In Literis Humanioribus.

Class I.-Buckley, William, scholar of Brasennose; Christie, Albany, J., Bible clerk of Oriel; Goulburn, Edward Meyrick, scholar of Balliol; Linwood, William, student of Christ Church; Waldegrave, Samuel, commoner of

Balliol.

;

Class II.-Cornish, Henry Hubert, commoner of Magdalen Hall; Crokat, John, commoner of Magdalen Hall; Eyton, Robert William, commoner of Christ Church; Hornby, Edward J. Geoffrey, post-master of Merton Hoskyns, John Leigh, demy of Magdalen; Kent, Thomas Fassett, commoner of Balliol; Mason, Richard Williams, scholar of Jesus; Starkey, Arthur Brydon Cross, scholar of St. John's; Tripp, Henry, scholar of Worcester; Zincke, Foster Barham, commoner of Wadham.

Class III.-Adamson, Edward Hussey, exhibitioner of Lincoln; Addison, William S. G., commoner of Magdalen Hall; Byron, John, commoner of Brasennose; Driffield, George Townshend, scholar of Brasennose; Eddie, Richard, commoner of Brasennose; Emeris, John, scholar of University; Fincham, George Tupman, commoner of St. John's; Graham, William Paley, scholar of Queen's; Heygate, William Edward, commoner of St. John's; Jackson, William Dealtry, commoner of St, John's; Knight, William, scholar of Worcester; Lowe, Thomas, commoner of Oriel; Mence, John William, commoner of Worcester;

Nevile, C. scholar of Trinity; Nugent, Edmund Lynch, commoner of Exeter; Oldfield, Edmund, scholar of Worcester; Pearson, Hugh, commoner of Balliol; Windsor, Samuel, B., servitor of Christ Church.

Class IV.-Allsop, James Richard, scholar of Brasennose; Brameld, George William, commoner of Lincoln; Cruttwell, Harry Edward, commoner of Worcester; Dukes, Edward Rowland, student of Christ Church; Firth Richard, Bible clerk of New; Hebson, Robert, scholar of Queen's; Hill, Edward, exhibitioner of St. Edmund Hall; Humphreys, John James Hamilton, commoner of Exeter; Meyrick, James, Scholar of Queen's; Sweet, James

Bradby, commoner of Balliol; Whalley, James Park, commoner of University.

RICHARD GRESWELL, ROBERT HUSSEY, WILLIAM PALMER, HENRY WALL,

Examiners in Literis Humanioribus.

At a meeting of the Ashmolean Society, held May 7th, the president in the chair, Dr. Daubeny exhibited some photogenic drawings. He then stated the composition of the thermal waters of Thermopyla, in Greece, of which he had lately received a sample for analysis. It is a strongly saline water, impregnated with sulphuretted hydrogen gas, and it gushes out very near the spot where Leonidas and his 300 Spartans resisted the Persian host. The professor then proceeded to explain certain views with respect to the constitution of matter and the laws of chemical combination which have been brought forward within the last few years. He shewed that although matter may consist of atoms, yet chemical union may be supposed to take place between groups or assemblages of them, and not between individual atoms themselves. He then shewed that

bodies which are to be regarded in the light of the elements of vegetable and animal substances are themselves compounds, consisting of carbon, nitrogen, hydrogen, and oxygen; and, on the other hand, that the elemental properties of those bodies, which (as far as we know) are simple, are capable of being altered in degree very considerably, by electrical and other agencies. He also pointed out that several distinct chemical compounds may exist, made up of the same elements united in the same proportions; and, on the other hand, that simple as well as compound substances assume several distinct crystalline forms, according to the circumstances under which they became solid. The other points on which the discoveries of the last few years have corrected or enlarged our views with respect to the laws of chemical combinations, and the effect to which they give rise, were deferred till the next meeting.

May 25.

On Wednesday last Mr. Drummond Percy Chase, scholar of Pembroke College, and Mr. Harris Smith, of Stamford, Lincolnshire, were elected scholars of Oriel College.

In a convocation holden on Thursday last,

the following petition was agreed to, and received the University seal:

"To the Honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, in Parliament assembled: "The humble Petition of the Chancellor, Masters, and Scholars of the University of Oxford,

"Sheweth,―That your petitioners have seen the Papers on Education,' presented to parliament by her majesty's command, and ordered by your honourable house to be printed on the 12th of Feb. 1839, and also the 'extract,' printed by order of your honourable house, April 17, 1839, from the minutes of the committee of council appointed to superintend the application of any sums voted by parliament for the purpose of promoting public education.' "That your petitioners, far from being opposed to the benevolent object contemplated in these papers, the extension of the blessings of sound and religious education,' are heartily desirous that every member of the community may share in those blessings; but they believe, and they express their belief with unfeigned regret, that this great cause will be hindered rather than promoted by the methods proposed in the documents to which they have referred.

"They do not, indeed, conceal from themselves the difficulties opposed by existing religious differences to the extension of public education; and deeply as they lament that any of their fellow-subjects should dissent from the doctrine and discipline of the national church, they cordially subscribe to the wish expressed by her most gracious majesty, both 'that the youth of this kingdom should be religiously brought up, and that the rights of conscience should be respected.'

"Your petitioners, nevertheless, cannot forget that the established church is the only institution known to the laws of this country as the authorized channel of public religious instruction in England and Wales. They have therefore seen with equal surprise and concern, that in the formation of a committee for the especial purpose of extending, within this portion of the empire, the blessings of sound and religious education, not only are laymen exclusively entrusted with such important duties, but no provision is made that the committee shall hereafter consist of members of the church of England. They observe, also, the total absence of any similar provision in the appointment of the rector of large normal and model schools, although religious education, general and special, is the declared and principal object of these establishments; and further, they find it expressly provided, that licensed ministers of other religious persuasions shall, under certain circumstances, be authorized by the state to take part with ministers of the established church in the religious instruction of children, brought up in every variety of religious opinion, and yet assembled for the purpose of public education in the same school.

"That your petitioners, entertaining other serious objections to the proposed scheme, for

bear to enter into further details, or to dwell upon the dangerous consequences which, they apprehend, would necessarily flow from the extension of a similar system throughout the kingdom. They have only adverted to a few particulars, which they believe to be at open variance with the very principle of an establishment; incompatible with any system of religious education properly so called, and directly calculated to promote and to perpetuate the most alarming and even opposite evils-indifference to religion instead of love of truth, and never-ending discord instead of unity and peace.

"Your petitioners, therefore, most humbly, but earnestly, implore your honourable house to withhold your sanction from the scheme of public education described in the above-mentioned minutes of the committee of council; and not to countenance any project for national education embodying principles inconsistent alike with the maintenance of the established church, and with the preservation of religious peace and Christian truth.

"And your petitioners will ever pray," &c. On Saturday last the following degrees were conferred :

Doctor in Divinity-Rev. R. Lynch Cotton, Provost of Worcester College.

Masters of Arts-Rev. G. Knight, St. Edmund Hall; Rev. J. Penrose, fellow of Lincoln; Rev. J. Webster, Trinity.

Bachelors of Arts-J. Jones, St. Edmund Hall; C. Morgan, Exeter; E. Lynch Nugent, Exeter; J. J. H. Humphreys, Exeter; C. R. Knight, Scholar of Wadham; E. Nangreave Mangin, Wadham; R. Hebson, Scholar of Queen's; R. Williams Mason, Scholar of Jesus; O. J. Humphreys, Jesus; R. Williams, Jesus; J. L. Hoskyns, Demy of Magdalen; E. J. G. Hornby, Postmaster of Merton; C. Holland, University; H. Tripp, Scholar of Worcester; E. Oldfield, Scholar of Worcester; W. Knight, Scholar of Worcester; J. W. Mence, Worcester; G. E. Morris, Worcester; J. Crokat, Magdalen Hall; R. Firth, New College; T. Lowe, Oriel; W. Bruce, Oriel; A. J. Christie, Oriel; G. H. Repton, University; A.B.Cross Starkey, Fellow of St. John's; W. Dealtry Jackson, St. John's; W. E. Heygate, St. John's; C. S. Holthouse, St. John's; G. E. Cole, St. Mary Hall; A. Reeve, Wadham; F. Barham Zincke, Wadham; J. W. Prout, Wadham; E. M. Goulburn, Scholar of Balliol; J. B. Sweet, Balliol; H. Pearson, Balliol; S. Waldegrave, Balliol; T. F. Kent, Balliol; J. Glencross, Balliol.

In a convocation holden on Wednesday last, the Rev. Thomas Frederick Henney, M.A., Scholar of Pembroke College, the Rev. William Edward Jelf, M.A., Student of Christ Church, and the Rev. John William Hughes, M.A. of Trinity College, were nominated Masters of the schools for the year ensuing.

In the same convocation, the Rev. Henry Clarke, M. A. of Trinity College, Dublin, was admitted ad eundem.

In a convocation holden at the same time, the following degrees were conferred :

Masters of Arts-Rev. R. Eden, Christ Church, grand comp. ; Rev. W. H. Brandreth, Christ Church; Rev. A. Borradaile, Christ Church; Rev. A. Mathews, Lincoln; Rev. J. Davies, Jesus; Rev. E. W. Davies, Jesus; H. Jones, Jesus; D. Roberts, Jesus; Rev. J. W. Roberts, Jesus; Rev. J. Puckle, Brasennose; Rev. A. Nugee, Brasennose; R. H. Ingram, Worcester; J. Wickens, Scholar of Balliol; Rev. S. Barney, Exeter.

Bachelors of Arts-E. Hill, St. Edmund Hall; E. R. Dukes, Student of Christ Church; W. Linwood, Student of Christ Church; E. Clayton, Student of Christ Church; J. Wickens, Christ Church; S. B. Windsor, Christ Church; M. J. Johnson, Magdalen Hall; E. Curties, Magdalen Hall; T.Mayhew, Queen's; F. Iremonger, Scholar of Pembroke; J. Marshall, Worcester; R. Cresswell, St. John's; H. W. Sulivan, Balliol; John L. Sheppard, Wadham; W. G. Duncan, Wadham; J. H. A. Harris, Trinity; W. Hirzel de Marchant, Exeter College, (incorporated from Trinity College, Dublin.)

Visit of the Grand Duke of Russia and the Prince of the Netherlands to Oxford. His Imperial Highness the Grand Duke Alexander, Hereditary Prince of all the Russias, and his cousin, his Royal Highness Prince William Henry of the Netherlands, having signified their intention of honouring this University with their presence, it was unanimously resolved in a convocation, holden on Monday last, to confer the degree of Doctor in Civil Law, by diploma, upon both those illustrious personages, and at the same time, the diplomas having been read and approved, had the university seal affixed to them.

At twelve o'clock, their Imperial and Royal Highnesses and suite drove to the great entrance of the schools, where they were received by the Vice-Chancellor, the Pro-Vice-Chancellors, and Proctors, who conducted them to the Divinity School. Here were assembled the noblemen, heads of houses, and other doctors of the several faculties, who, after their imperial and royal highnesses had been robed in the habits of their newly-acquired degree, formed a procession to the theatre, and nothing could well be more striking than the effect on their entrance into that noble building.

The convocation having been opened, and the consent of the assembly having been obtained for the honorary degrees, the bedels retired to escort those upon whom the degrees were about to be conferred into the theatre. On their entrance, they were accompanied by Dr. Phillimore, the regius professor of law, who presented for honorary degrees

1. Count Orloff, one of the ministers of state of Russia, a general in the army, and aid-decamp to the emperor.

2. General Kaveline, aid-de-camp also to the emperor.

3. M. Joukoffsky, councillor of state to his imperial Majesty.