Oxford University Press a corrected edition of the Welsh folio Common Prayer. He had also undertaken to edit, with notes, the "Liber Landavensis," a curious and ancient manuscript in the library of Jesus College; as well as to publish, in monthly parts, the "Llyfr y Ficar," or the works of a celebrated bard who was Vicar of Llandovery, Mr. Rees's native village. These laborious works, in addition to his collegiate duties at Lampeter, it is conjectured, were the cause of his premature dissolution. On the 22d of May, at St. Peter's College, Cambridge, the Rev. Thos. Veasey, B.D. aged 86, formerly tutor, and upwards of sixty years fellow of that society. He was the oldest resident member of the university, and proceeded to the degree of B.A. 1778, M.A. 1781, B.D. 1794. 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 fellowsubjects 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, forbear to enter into further details, or to dwell upon the dangerous consequences which, they apprehend, VOL. XXI. NO. VI. would necessarily flow from the extension "Your Petitioners, therefore, most "And your Petitioners will ever pray," &c. Our academical readers will have much Extract from the Will of Sir Robert Tay- "To the Chancellor and Extract from the Will of the late Dr. "Item, as a public building or repository is much wanted for the reception of the Pomfret Statutes, belonging to the University of Oxford, and for Paintings, Engravings, and other Curiosities which may 3 D occasionally be left to that learned body, I therefore leave the sum of one thousand pounds, in government securities, in the 3 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 I 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. Consols. 3 per Cents. The spot fixed on is a plot of ground belonging to the Provost and Fellows of Worcester 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 commensur ate with the purposes for which they are intended, as well as do credit to an University already possessing so many claims to architectural magnificence. The nomination of the Rev. James Norris, B.D. and Fellow of Corpus Christi College, to be a Delegate of Estates, and of the Rev. Robt. Hussey, B.D. and Student of Christ Church, and the Rev. Henry Alison Dodd, M.A. Fellow of Queen's College, to be Delegates of Accounts, in the room of the late Provost of Worcester and the late Professor Rigaud, has been unanimously approved. The Vice-Chancellor has nominated the Rev. Robt. Walker, M.A. Tutor of Wadham College, to be the Reader in Experimental Philosophy, in the room of the late Professor Rigaud. The Radcliffe Trustees have nominated Manuel John Johnson, Esq. of Magdalen Hall, to be Radcliffe Observer, in the room of the late Mr. Rigaud. The Savilian Professor of Astronomy.-The electors to the Professorship of Astronomy on the Foundation of Sir Henry Savile, have chosen the Rev. George Henry Sacheverell Johnson, M.A. and Tutor of Queen's College, to succeed the late Mr. Rigaud. 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, have been nominated Masters of the Schools for the year ensuing. 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. John Wilson, M.A. Fellow of Corpus Christi College. The new Statute, Tit. iv., constituting a Prælectorship in Logic, has been 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 Vice-Chancellor has fixed Wednesday, June the 5th, at two o,clock, for the election of the first Prælector. CHRIST CHURCH COLLEGE. Mr. Maurice Charles M. Swabey and Mr. Thomas Green have been elected Students from Westminster School. EXETER COLLEGE. Richard Cowley Powles, Commoner of this College, has been elected a Scholar. ORIEL COLLEGE. Mr. Drummond Percy Chase, Scholar of Pembroke College, and Mr. Harris Smith, of Stamford, Lincolnshire, have been elected Scholars. UNIVERSITY COLLEGE. Mr. Thomas Shadforth, B.A. Scholar of this College, has been elected Fellow 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. WADHAM COLLEGE. An Election to Four Scholarships will take place on the 30th of this month. 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. WORCESTER COLLEGE. There will be an Election of a Scholar on the Foundation of Mrs. Sarah Eaton, in this College, on Wednesday, the 5th of June. Candidates must present to the Provost, on or before Saturday, the 1st of June, certificates, signed by the Ministers of their respective parishes, and by two or more respectable inhabitants of the same, and countersigned by their Bishop, that they are sons of Clergymen of the Church of England, and want assistance to support them in the University. F. Hathaway, B.A. has been elected Fellow on the Foundation of Dr. Clarke; and R. Wheeler Bush, Postmaster of Merton, Scholar on the same Foundation. 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, W. Schol. of Brasennose Coll. Christie, A. J. Bible Clerk of Oriel Coll. Goulburn, E. M. Schol. of Balliol Coll. Linwood, W. Stud. of Christ Church. Waldegrave, S. Com. of Balliol Coll. CLASS II. Cornish, H. H. Com. of Mag. Hall. CLASS III. CLASS IV. Allsop, J. R. Schol. of Brasennose Coll. RICHARD GRESWELL, Examiners in Lit. Human. VISIT OF THE GRAND DUKE OF RUSSIA AND THE PRINCE OF THE NETHERLANDS. 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 to confer the Degree of Doctor in Civil Law, by diploma, upon those illustrious personages, and the other distinguished individuals named below; and at the same time the diplomas having been read and approved, had the University Seal affixed to them. On this interesting occasion 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 theatre was filled in every part, and the burst of applause upon the entrance of the procession was absolutely deafening; nor did it cease till the Vice-Chancellor had seated the illustrious visitors, and opened the Convocation. The Imperial and Royal Cousins were placed on seats on the right of the ViceChancellor's chair, the Grand Duke being seated next to the Vice-Chancellor, and the Prince on his right; and below them such of the suite as were not to receive degrees. The Master of Balliol, as Senior Pro-Vice-Chancellor, was in attendance upon the Grand Duke, and explained the scene and various parts of the ceremony as they occurred. 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 previously to presenting them took occasion to congratulate the University on the presence of its illustrious guests; alluding, in the case of the Grand Duke to the circumstances of two former visits of his Imperial relatives, namely, the visit of the Emperor Alexander (his uncle) in 1814, and of his father, the present Emperor, in 1817. At the conclusion of this portion of the Professor's address, the diploma which had passed the house on the preceding day was presented by the Proctors to his Imperial Highness, who, upon receiving it, rose and bowed with much grace and dignity, as in acknowledgment of the compliment the degree was intended to confer. Dr. Phillimore then continued his address, referring to the presence of Prince William Henry, and making a happy allusion to the long residence of his Father, then Prince of Orange, in this place, where under the instruction of the Rev. Dr. Bull, Canon of Ch. Ch., he continued his studies for nearly, if not quite, two years; during which period his Royal Highness mixed much with the younger members of the University, and still lives in the recollection of all, as a prince of the kindest disposition, the most unaffected manners, and the most exemplary conduct. The Diploma having been presented in a similar manner with that tendered to the Grand Duke, and received by his Royal Highness with the same marks of condescension and apparent satisfaction at the offering, The Professor then presented for honorary Degrees 1. Count Orloff, one of the Ministers of State of Russia, a General in the Army, and Aide-de-Camp to the Emperor. 2. General Kaveline, Aide-de-Camp also to the Emperor. 3. M. Joukoffsky, Counsellor of State to His Imperial Majesty, distinguished as well for his valour in the field, as for his love of and proficiency in science and literature. (In a letter we have seen from a gentleman, whose opportunities and acquaintance with the subject may be relied on, he is emphatically called the Russian Poet.) 4. Lord Torrington, one of the Lords in Waiting to Her Most Gracious Majesty. The Professor having, in a laudatory address, presented each of the above distinguished persons to the Vice-Chancellor and Proctors, and they having been separately admitted to their Degree amidst the loud applause of all present, the Convocation was, after a short pause, dissolved, and the illustrious Princes with their suite retired. DEGREES CONFERred. DOCTORS IN DIVINITY. Rev. R. L. Cotton, Prov. of Wor. Coll. Rev. W. H. Mill, D.D. of Trinity Coll., Camb., and Principal of Bishop's Coll., Calcutta, ad eundem. DOCTOR IN CIVIL LAW. H. Elphinstone, Esq. Mer. Coll. grand compounder. BACHELORS IN DIVINITY. Rev. R. L. Cotton, Prov of Wor. Coll. Rev. J. Carter, Fell. of St. John's Coll. MASTERS OF ARTS. J. J. Plumer, Balliol Coll. grand comp. |