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a vigorous intellect, and recommended in their practical effects by a courtesy of manners which, without suppleness, was winning-and the advantages of a personal address, which, to the most unbending independence, added the most captivating suavity. In his Lordship's demise the Archdiocese of Tuam becomes extinct.

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PROFESSOR RIGAUD.-It is our painful office to announce the death of the Savilian Professor of Astronomy; and we feel assured that our readers will not be satisfied without some notice, however imperfect, of an individual who had been so long a distinguished ornament of the University, and who at the same time was not only endeared by his many virtues to a large circle of private friends, but, we may add, universally esteemed and respected. Professor Rigaud was matriculated of Exeter College at the early age of sixteen, and had never been absent from Oxford so much as a single year during the period which has since elapsed, little short of half a century. The character, consequently, of few persons could be better known, and certainly none could better bear a close and searching inspection; for he was constantly applying to his own moral improvement the accuracy of observation, and correctness of judg ment, which qualified him for mathematical pursuits, and enabled him to recover and ascertain so many particulars respecting Bradley, Harriot, Hadley, and other eminent scientific men, the biography of whom had been previously neglected. No one could be more desirous of fulfilling all the duties of life; and none, we can confidently affirm, ever surpassed him as a son, or as a parent. Twelve years ago he had the misfortune to lose his wife,-a bereavement which he felt most acutely, though he endeavoured to conceal the extent of his sufferings from others; and from that time devoted himself, with all the energy and ardour of his character, to the education and care of his children. Henceforward this was the object for which he lived; yet even this attachment was not suffered to absorb his thoughts, and to interfere with his professional duties, as a Lecturer and an Observer; and he was ever forward to promote the cause of science, either in London or in Oxford, where he was one of the originators of the Ashmolean Society, and a frequent contributor to it of Papers, most of which have been published. The simplicity and innocence of mind which has in many instances characterised men of distinguished science, he possessed in a peculiar degree. He was no less remarkable for integrity, for the strictest veracity, and for genuine humility; and those valuable qualities were combined with great forbearance in judging others, with the warmest and most zealous affection to his friends, and with the most devoted and grateful loyalty to the four Sovereigns whom he had, in succession, the honour of serving. His illness, which was sudden and

unexpected, he bore with resignation and christian fortitude; his sufferings were most severe, but happily they were of short duration, yet long enough to show that his virtues were the fruits of faith, and could stand the trial of a dying hour; proving that he rested his hopes of salvation wholly and unreservedly on the only true foundation-the meritorious death and sacrifice of our Redeemer.

Mr. Rigaud, who was born at Richmond in 1775, was of a family connected with science, both his maternal grandfather and his father having filled the office of Observer to the King at Kew, an office graciously conferred upon himself upon his father's death, and which he afterwards held in conjunction with his uncle, Mr. Stephen Triboudet Demainbray. He was of French extraction, and being descended from one of those families of rank and fortune, who, on the revocation of the edict of Nantes, resigned their property and fled to a foreign land for conscience' sake, he was brought up in attachment to the Protestant faith, which was in after-life approved and strengthened by conviction. At Exeter College he was elected Fellow, before he was of sufficient standing for a degree; and, as soon as his age permitted, was engaged in tuition, and afterwards read the Lectures on Experimental Philosophy for Dr. Hornsby, on whose death, in 1810, he succeeded both to that appointment and the Savilian Professorship of Geometry. This vacated both his Fellowship and the Proctorship, which he held in that year. In 1815 he married the eldest daughter of Mr. Jordan, of Portland-place, the Colonial Agent for the Island of Barbados, by whom he leaves seven children, the eldest of whom he had the happiness to see chosen into a Fellowship of Exeter College during the last year, and subsequently distinguished by the attainment of the highest honours, in both classes, at the last examinations.

Mr. Rigaud was matriculated of Exeter College as the son of Stephen Rigaud, Esq. of Richmond, April 15, 1791. He proceeded B. A. November 9, 1797, and M.A. November 21, 1799; Senior Proctor of the University, 1810; Reader in Experimental Philosophy and Professor of Geometry, in the same year; Delegate of AcHe was appointed counts, 1824; Delegate of the Press, 1825; Professor of Astronomy and Radcliffe Observer, 1827; a Vice-President of the Royal Society, 1837-8. Public Examiner on occasion of the alteration of the statute 1801, in conjunction with the present Bishops of Llandaff and Exeter; again in 1806, and, lastly, in 1835, as Examiner in Mathematics and the Physical Sciences, when another change took place, and the Classical and Mathematical examiners became distinct offices. Mr. Rigaud was also selected by the President of Magdalen College (Dr. Routh) as the first examiner for the Johnson Mathematical Scholarship in 1835.

Mr. Rigaud, in 1831, printed the Miscellaneous Works and Correspondence of Dr. Bradley, to which, in 1833, he added a Supplement, including an account of Harriot's Papers. In 1838 he published some valuable notices on the first publication of Newton's "Principia." These were all printed at the University press; and, at the time of his death, he was diligently employed in editing a very valuable collection of original letters from men of eminence in the scientific world, from the originals among the papers of Mr. Jones, father of Sir William Jones, now preserved in the library of the Earl of Macclesfield. Mr. Rigaud was a frequent contributor to the scientific journals of his day; to the Transactions of the Royal Society; to Brewster's Journal, and to the Nautical Magazine. In the Transactions of the Ashmolean Society will be found, by him, Remarks on the proportionate quantities of Rain at different seasons in Oxford; a paper on the Arenarius of Archimedes; and an Account of some early Proposals for Steam Navigation; and, at the commencement of the present term, he read before the same Society an interesting paper on Captain Savery and his Steam Engine, which we hope and believe will appear in the next volume of their Transactions.

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OXFORD.

Degree days this Term will be, Thursday, May 2; Friday, May 10; Saturday, May 18.

At a meeting of the Heads of Houses, held for the purpose of electing a Bampton Lecturer for the year 1840, the Rev. Edward Hawkins, D.D. Provost of Oriel College, was unanimously elected.

The nomination of the following gentlemen to be Delegates of Privileges for the ensuing year has been unanimously approved :

E. T. Bigge, M.A. Fell. of Merton Coll.
W.K.Hamilton, M. A. Fell. of Merton Coll.
C. P. Eden, M.A. Fell. of Oriel Coll.
W. L. Brown, M.A. Stud. of Christ Ch.
L. F. Bagot, M.A. Fell. of All Souls' Coll.

In Convocation, the Proctors of last year resigned their offices, the Senior Pro-Proctor, the Rev. Mr. Hamilton, of Merton College (in the unavoidable absence of the Senior Froctor, Mr. Ricketts,) making the usual Procuratorial speech, recounting the events of the past year, in which he paid a just tribute to the memories of the late Provost of Worcester, the late Rector of Exeter, and the late Professor of Astronomy. The new Proctors, having been previously elected by their respective colleges, were presented for admission to the Vice-Chancellor.

SENIOR PROCTOR.

The Rev. J. Ley, M.A. Stud. of Chr. Ch.

JUNIOR PROCTOR.

A.G. Lethbridge, M.A. Fell. of All Souls' Coll.

The former was presented by the Very Rev. the Dean of Christ Church; the latter by the Warden of All Souls'. After making the parliamentary declaration, taking the usual oaths, and being admitted by the Vice-Chancellor with the accustomed ceremonies, to the offices of the Proctorship, the new Proctors named the following gentlemen to be Pro-Proctors for the ensuing year:

Rev. W.L. Brown, M.A. Stud. of Chr. Ch. Rev. J. R. Hall, M. A. Stud. of Chr. Ch. Rev. W.Jacobson, M.A. V.P.of Mag Hall. Rev. W. K. Hamilton, M.A. Fell. of Mer. Coll.

The Rev. Philip Wynter, D.D. President of St. John's College, has been

unanimously elected a Curator of the Sheldonian Theatre, in the room of the late Rector of Exeter, the Rev. Dr. Jones.

The Convocation has unanimously agreed to grant to the clerical library at Sidney, in Australia, copies of all the theological works in the Greek, Latin, and English languages, published at the University press, and now in the warchouse of that establishment.

The Rev. Ashurst Turner Gilbert, D.D. and Principal of Brasennose College, has been nominated and approved as a Delegate of the Press, in the room of the late Mr. Professor Rigaud.

EXETER COLLEGE SCHOLARSHIPS.

An examination will take place on Monday, May 13, in order to elect to two Scholarships in this College-one, open to all persons above the age of sixteen, and under the degree of B.A.; the second, limited to sons of clergymen of the county of Somerset, under the age of nineteen, with preference to the kindred of the Rev. Thomas How, late Rector of Huntspill, Somerset. Candidates are required to call on the Rector, with the necessary certificates, on or before Saturday, May 11.

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE.

An Election to a Fellowship now vacant in this college, on the Foundation of King Henry IV. will be holden on Friday, May 17. This Fellowship is open, with a preference to persons born in the dioccses of York or Durham. The Fellows on this Foundation are required to enter into holy orders before they can be admitted actual Fellows.

The examination will commence on Tuesday, May 14, and the candidates are required to present in person, to the Master, certificates of their baptism, and of the place of their birth, together with the usual testimonials from their respective colleges or halls, on or before Saturday, May 11.

WORCESTER COLLEGE.

There will be an election of a Scholar, on the Foundation of Dr. Clarke, in this college, on the 8th of May next. Candidates must present to the Provost, on or

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The President and Fellows of Gonville and Caius College, have elected Isaac Preston Cory, senior Fellow; the Rev. Robert Murphy, Stokes Fellow; William Frederick Hill Jerrard, and the Rev. Michael Gibbs, Frankland Fellows; and John Tozer, a Fellow on the Wortley Foundation.

It has also been decided that in future years there should be an examination in anatomy and physiology, to be passed, as well as the examination in chemistry, for the Mickleburgh Scholarship, by all students in medicine, in or after their second year; and that an exhibition should be given to the best answer in that examination, and also to the best in the examination in moral philosophy.

QUEEN'S COLLEGE.

The following gentlemen have been elected Scholars :-Reynolds, Bickersteth, Eller, Marie, Raw, Crabbe.

ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE.

The following gentlemen have been elected Fellows upon the foundation :Benj. Morgan Cowie; Percival Frost; Wm. Bishop; Samuel Blackall; George Currey. Platt Fellows :-F.W. Harper; Coates.

TRINITY COLLEGE.

The following gentlemen have been elected Scholars:-Law, Allan, Gooden, Mate, Wicks, Watt, Blinkiron, King Neal, H. C. Jones, Preston, Cope; and J.Allen, a Westminster scholar.

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MARRIAGES.

At St. George's, Hanover-square, the Rev. Theodosius Burnett Stuart, B.D. Fellow of Queen's College, Cambridge, to Maria Love Robertson, youngest daughter of the late Captain Thomas Robertson, of the East India Company's service.

THE FOLLOWING WORKS

Job and his Times; or a Picture of the Patriarchal age during the period between Noah and Abraham. By Thomas Wemyss. The Old Testament, with a Commentary. By the Rev. C. Girdlestone, M.A. Part IV. Ryall's Portraits of eminent Conservative Statesmen. Part XII.

Sir Thomas Lawrence's Cabinet of Gems, with Biographical and Descriptive Memorials. By P. G. Patmore.

The Christology of the Old and New Testament. By the late Rev. J. A. Stephenson, M.A. 2d vol.

The Church of Rome in her primitive purity, compared with the Church of Rome at the present day. By J. H. Hopkins, D.D. Bishop of Vermont, U. S. Edited by the Rev. H. Melvill, B.D.

The Lord's Supper as observed in the Church of Scotland. By the Rev. A. Whyte, A.M. Popery in the Ascendant; Sufferings of the English Protestant Martyrs, 1555, 1556,1557, 1558. Compiled by T. Smith. Preparations for a Holy Life. By the Author of the New Week's Preparation to the Sacrament.

A Summary of the Writings of Lactantius. By the Rev. J. H. B. Mountain, B.D. The Philosophy of Artificial and Compulsory Drinking Usages in Great Britain and Ireland. By J. Dunlop, Esq.

Hints on Reading, addressed to a Young Lady. By M. A. Stoddart.

Selections from the Metrical Paraphrases on the

Psalms, the Book of Job, &c. By G. Sandys,

Esq. with a Memoir by the Rev. J. H. Todd. Eucharistica. By Samuel Wilberforce, M.A. A Letter to the Rev. W. H. Mill, D.D. containing Strictures on Faber's History of the Ancient Vallenses and Albigenses. By the Rev. S. R. Maitland.

Dr. Hook's "Call to Union" defended; a Reply to Fraser's Answer.

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The Church the Teacher of her Children, and the Preaching of the Gospel to the Poor, a a Sign of Christ's Presence with his Church. Two Sermons, by the Rev. G.A. Poole, M.A. The Rubric; its strict observance recommended. A Friend in Need; or a Word of Consolation in the Hour of Affliction from the death of Friends.

Twenty-seventh Annual Report of the National Society.

Institutiones Piæ; or, Meditations and Devotions, originally collected and published by H. I., and afterwards ascribed to the Right Rev. L. Andrews, Bishop of Winchester. Edited and arranged by the Rev. W.H.Hale, M.A.

The Voice of the Church, Vol. I. Part II. Cardinal Bellarmine's Notes of the Church Examined and Confuted. Part III.

Report of the Liverpool District Committee of
S. P. G.

Gentleman's Magazine. April.
Christian Examiner. April.

Rules and Exercises on the right use of the
Latin Subjunctive Mood. By the Rev. R.
Greenlaw, M.A.

The Young Scholar's English-Latin Dictionary. By the Rev. J. E. Riddle, M.A.

The Antiquity of the Book of Genesis. By B. H. F. Talbot, Esq.

The Religious Origin and Sanctions of Human Law. An Assize Sermon, by the Rev. R. Parkinson, M.A.

The Revival of Religion. By J. Douglas, Esq. of Cavers.

Apostolic Succession considered in relation to National Education. By H. E. Head, M.A.

NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS.

"O. S.'s" admirable Sermon in our next. "E. B." The additional Notes on Theodoret, from our esteemed correspondent, shall be inserted in their proper places.

Lord John Russell's "atrocious attempt" shall receive our early attention.

"X." We wish our friend would make his valuable articles more available by curtailment, as our confined space will rarely admit of room for letters of four pages in length.

We have received two letters signed respectively "Veritas," and "L.." respecting a financial paragraph in the Report of the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge; but as we are quite certain the Society have not designedly made a misstatement, we for the present decline publishing

them.

"H. M'K." has our best thanks.

Our anonymous friend appears to us rather hypercritical.

"Vindex" is mistaken; we have not been frightened by Dr. Hampden's friend. We are only waiting a little further information to conclude our article upon the Regius Professor, which shall astonish that gentleman, and fully vindicate the character of Mr. Davison.

"G. C." In deference to "G. C." we postponed our intention of entering into the Oxford Tract controversy, and now await his article.

"Q." Certainly.

"Cantab." It is true that a cheap publication has assumed our second title; but the works are so utterly different in principles and execution, that persons are soon undeceived, and return to the OLD STANDARD REMEMBRANCER with stronger feelings of attachment.

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