ton, Magdalene, (comp.); J. P. Royle, Trinity; H. C. Arden, Trinity; C. W. Lamprell, Clare Hall; G. W. Kerridge, Trinity Hall; T. Blackall, Caius; R. J. Harrison, Émman.

At the same congregation, the Rev. S. Reay, M.A., of St. Alban's Hall, Oxford, was admitted ad eundem.

At the same congregation the following graces passed the Senate :

To authorize the Registrary to transfer the University Muniments from the present office in the Old Court of King's college to a room in the Pitt Press, as a temporary Register Office.

To appoint the Vice-Chancellor, the Master of Jesus, the Master of Christ's, Mr. Peacock, Mr. Whewell, Mr. Hughes, of St. John's, Mr. Bowstead, Mr. Isaacson, Mr. Smith, of Caius, Mr. Philpott, and Mr. Phillips of Queens', a Syndicate, to consider whether any and what alterations may be made in the previous examination, and in the examination for B.A. degrees.

March 11.

At a congregation on Tuesday last, the degree of Master of Arts was conferred, by Royal Mandate, on Ds. Cotterill, of St. John's.

At the same congregation, the degree of Master of Arts was conferred on H. Matthew, of Sidney.

A grace also passed the Senate to appoint Dr. French, Dr. Adams, Professor Lee, Professor Musgrave, Mr. Phillips, of Queen's, Mr. Rose, of St. John's, and Mr. Browne, of Emmanuel, a Syndicate to reconsider and renew the Tyrwhitt's Scholarship Regulations, which have ceased to be in force.

A meeting of the Philosophical Society was held on Monday evening, Dr. Clark, the President, being in the chair.-Mr. Whewell gave an account of the recent discoveries made by Professor Forbes, and other philosophers, with respect to the polarization of heat. He stated that Prof. Forbes had recently obtained an additional confirmation of this discovery, by finding that heat, by two internal reflections in a rhomb of rock-salt, resembling Fresnel's rhomb, becomes circularly polarized under the same circumstances as light. It was also mentioned that Biot and Melloni have very recently ascertained that heat acquires circular polarization by transmission along the axis of a crystal of quartz.-Mr. Willis then explained his views respecting the composition of the entablature of Grecian buildings. He observed that this feature in the architecture of Egypt consisted of two members, arising from the mode there adopted of roofing a building with beams of stone, resting on the pillars, and supporting transverse slabs. The upper member being resolved into two, the three divisions of architrave, frieze, and cornice were produced; and the portion of the mass which belongs to each of these members may be determined by observing in what manner they are managed when the entablature is resolved into parts by cross-trabeation. It appears in this way (and also by the principles which Vitruvius implies

in giving his rules) that each member consists of a vertical face capped by some projecting mouldings; the term cymatium denotes this group of mouldings in all cases; and not, as has hitherto been supposed, a particular form of moulding. The entablature in the simplest cases consists of architrave, frieze, corona, each with its cymatium, and the sima above; in more complex cases there are inserted also the denticulus, and the modillion band, each of which has likewise its cymatium.

March 18.

The Chancellor's gold medals for the two best proficients in classical learning among the commencing Bachelors of Arts have been adjudged to W. A. Osborne, and J. S. Mansfield, both of Trinity. The first decision of the examiners on Monday last was, that Mr. Osborne had obtained the first medal, and Mr. Marsh, of St. John's, and Mr. Mansfield, of Trinity, were so nearly equal that it was thought fit the two latter gentlemen should be re-examined. The result of the second examination is as stated above.

It appears from the last Oxford Calendar, that the total number in that University is 5154, consequently Cambridge has a majority of 313 members. The increase in this Univer

sity since last year is 68.

The following are the names of the Inceptors to the Degree of Master of Arts, at the Congregation on Friday last:-R. Phelps, Trinity; J. H. Brown, Trinity; J. H. Howlett, Fellow of St. John's; C. Fisher Sculthorpe, St. John's; Rev. C. Bloomfield Lockwood, St. John's; J. Bowstead, Fellow of Pembroke; Rev. J. H. Pratt, Fellow of Caius; L. Jones, Queen's; Rev. J. Hildyard, Fellow of Christ's College; Rev. J. Cartinell, Fellow of Christ's College; Rev. S. Glas Fawcett, Fellow of Magdalen; A. Tate, Emmanuel.

A Meeting of the Philosophical Society was held on Monday evening, Dr. Thackeray, Vice-President, in the Chair. A Memoir was read by S. Earnshaw, Esq., St. John's, “On the Integration of the Equation of Continuity of Fluids in Motion;" also a Memoir by Professor Miller, "On the Measurements of the Axes of Optical Electricity of certain Crystals." This Memoir contained various determinations from which it appears that the law concerning the connexion of the crystalline and the opti cal properties of crystals suggested by Professor Neumann, namely, that the optical ares are the axes of crystalline simplicity, is false; but that it is true, in many of the cases hitherto examined, that one of the optical ares coincides with the axis of a principal crystalline zone. Afterwards Mr. Webster, of Trinity College, made some observations on the periodical and occasional changes of the height of the barometer, and on their connexion with the changes of temperature arising from the seasons and from the condensation of aqueous vapour.

BIRTHS.

Of Sons The lady of the Rev. G. G. Harvey, Horton Hall, Staffordshire; of Rev. W. Pullen, r. of Little Gidding, Hants; of Rev. J. E. Austen, Speen, Berks; of Rev. R. L. Brown, Bognor; of Rev. W. Knatchbull, Sutton Mandeville, Wilts; of Rev. J. Athawes, Trinity Coll., Camb.; of Rev. F. Tebbutt, Welton V., near Daventry; of Rev. H. S. Foyster, Harrow Weald; of Rev. T. B. Coney, Chedzay R.; of Rev. R. G. Curtoise, Gillingham, Kent; of Rev. J. Smith, Oxford; of Rev. W. Martin, Staverton, Devon; of Rev. W. Blennerhasset, Iwerne Minster, Dorset ; of Rev. J. Storer, Jun., Hemmingford Grey; of the Archdeacon of Jamaica; of Rev. L. Tomlinson, Brown-street, Salisbury; of Rev. C. B. Moore, Tunstall, Kent; of Rev. W. F. Hook, Coventry; of Rev. T. Gregory, Upper Clapton; of Rev. T. F. Dymock, Stockland V., (still-born;) of Rev. A. Irvine. St. Margaret's, Leicester, (of twins ;) of Rev. J. A. Giles, Camberwell; of Rev. S. Whiddon, Lustleigh R.; of Rev. E. J. Todd, Axminster; of Rev. Mr. Andrews, West Town, near Kingsbridge, (a boy and a girl;) of Rev. F. Webber, Merther Cottage, Cornwall.

Of Daughters The lady of the Rev. W. Vernon, Ravenstone V., Olney, Bucks; of Rev. J. W. Watts, Minister of St. James's Church, Guernsey; of Rev. C. Miller, Cheswardine V.; of Rev. N. Fiott, Edgware V.; of Rev. G. Morris, Hamble, near Southampton; of Rev. J. Beauchamp, Crowell R., Oxford; of Rev. A. H. Pearson, Burchett-house, Petworth, (still-born;) of Rev. A. Drummond, Charlton R., Kent; of Rev. W. Gee, Week

St. Mary R., Cornwall; of Rev. N. Wodehouse, Watford V.; of Archdeacon King, St. James's-square; of Rev. H. T. Streeten, Richmond; of Rev. S. F. Page, Orresdale, Isle of Man; of Rev. R. Lucas, 34, Upper Brook-street, London; of Rev. R. Henshaw, Woodville, near Kingsbridge; of Rev. T. B. Lancaster, Barfreston R., Kent; of Rev. R. Eldridge, Oddington, Gloucestershire; of Rev. T. C. Ellers, Bickenhill V.; of Rev. C. Sheffield, Burton-on-Stather; of Rev. H. B. Wrey, Godington, Kent; of Rev. H. A. Browne, Stow Maries R., Essex; of Rev. T. G. P. Atwood, v. of Froxfield, Wilts; of Rev. Dr. Shuttleworth, Warden of New College.

MARRIAGES.

The Rev. E. S. Appleyard to Ann E., only d. of the late G. Jackson, Esq., of Bushey Heath, Herts; Rev. R. C. Phelips, r. of Cucklington, Somerset, to Caroline A., second d. of Sir H. Hoskyns, Bart., of Harewood, co. Hereford; Rev. C. H. Craufurd to Eliza, eldest d. of R. Hickman, Esq., of Old Swinford; Rev. W. R. Griesbach, v. of Fridaythorpe, to Hannah, second d. of J. Singleton, Esq., of Givendale House, East Yorkshire; Rev. R. Smith, r. of West Stafford, Dorset, to Emily G., youngest d. of the late H. H. Simpson, Esq., of Camden-place, Bath; Rev. C. A. Thurlow to Fanny M., youngest d. of Sir T. B. Lethbridge, Bart.; Rev. T. England, c. of St. Mary's, Newington, Surrey, to Caroline A., youngest d. of R. Muggeridge, Esq., of Walworth; Rev. R. M. Wood, second s. of J. Wood, Esq., of Brown Hill, Staffordshire, to Mary, third d. of the Rev. T.

Newcome, r. of Shenley, Herts; Rev. J. Wills, jun., of Scarborough House, near Crewkcerne, Somersetshire, to Jane, youngest d. of the late H. Coles, Esq., of Petherton Park, near Bridgewater; Rev. N. J. B. Hole, of Pembroke Coll., Camb., to Louisa G. Clayfield, eldest d. of the late E. R. Clayfield, Esq., of Brislington; Rev. R. B. Burgess, M.A. of

Queen's Coll., Camb., to Margaret E., only d. of the late E. Burgess, Esq.; Rev. R. Collinson, of Usworth, in the county of Durham, to Ellen, youngest d. of T. Maingy, Esq., of Antwerp; Rev. J. Woodhouse to Laura A., fifth d. of Sir J. Trevelyan, Bart., of Nettlecombe Court, Somersetshire, and Wallington, Northumberland.

CAMBRIDGESHIRE.

Sir William Webb Follett has been appointed one of the standing counsel for the University of Cambridge, in the room of the Master of the Rolls.

DEATH OF DR. WHITFIELD.-The death of this gentleman, Professor of Music in the University of Cambridge, took place on Tuesday, March 2, at Holmer, near Hereford.-Cambridge Chronicle.

CHESHIRE.

At his Majesty's levee on Wednesday, the 16th Marcb, an address was presented to the King, by Lord Kenyon, from the Archdeacon and several clergy of the county of Chester, expressing their serious aların at the appointment of Dr. Hampden to the chair of Regius Professor of Divinity at Oxford, considering that his published writings contain opinions tending to subvert vital truths of God's holy word, which are embodied in our creeds and articles; and therefore feeling it their duty most respectfully to implore his Majesty to command the advice of those archbishops and bishops in whom his Majesty can confide, in the disposal of such high and influential stations as those of bishops and dignitaries of the church, and praying that the Great Head of the church may enable his Majesty to protect its interest.-Times.

DERBYSHIRE.

We understand that addresses are in the course of preparation to the King, from the clergy of the southern division of the county, and the lay members of the church in Derby and the neighbourhood, on occasion of Dr. Hampden's appointment to the Regius Professorship.-Derby Mercury.

DEVONSHIRE.

The Rev. J. M. Glubb, M.A., minister of St. Petrock, has been presented with a VOL. IX.-April, 1836.

bandsome bible, a silk gown, cassock, hood, &c., by some of the members of his congregation.-Exeter Gazette.

DORSETSHIRE.

The inhabitants and congregation attending the church at Ower Moignè, Dorset, have presented to the Rev. George Maxwell, the highly respected curate of that parish for the last nine years, an elegant silver tea-pot and cream-jug, as a mark of their esteem.

The violent gale of Tuesday, March 2, was felt with extraordinary force at Weymouth, having stripped the roof of the new church, and so devastated other buildings, that the streets were strewed with bricks, tiles, and slates.—Times.

DURHAM.

The Gazette of Friday, March 4, notifies that the King has been pleased to order a congé d'elire to pass the great seal, empowering the dean and chapter of the cathedral church of Durham to elect a Bishop of that see, the same being void by the death of the Right Rev. Father in God Doctor William Van Mildert, late bishop thereof; and his Majesty has also been pleased to recommend to the said dean and chapter the Right Rev. Father in God Doctor Edward Maltby, now bishop of Chichester, to be by them elected bishop of the said see of Durham.

FUNERAL OF THE LATE LORD BISHOP OF DURHAM.-The mortal remains of the late bishop were removed in the night of Monday 29th ult., from Auckland Castle to the Castle of Durbam, preparatory to their being finally deposited in the tomb prepared to receive them within the rails of the altar, in the cathedral. About eleven o'clock, the great bell of the cathedral commenced tolling, and before twelve o'clock, the hour appointed for the commencement of the mournful ceremony,

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every place within the spacious building, which could command a view of the procession, was occupied, even the lofty hanging gallery, and the openings above the arches in the choir.-Benches were placed from nearly end to end of the nave, and these were crowded with spectators. Sufficient space was left open in the centre for the procession, which began to move from the chapel soon after twelve o'clock, the choir singing, "I am the resurrection and the life," &c.-After the burial service was concluded, the Rev. J. Raine, M. A., the principal surrogate, standing at the head of the grave, and turning towards the congregation, proclaimed the style and titles of the deceased prelate.-The procession then quitted the tomb and returned to the nave in reverse order, the organ playing the "Dead March in Saul."

THE LATE BISHOP OF DURHAM.-Suitable respect and honour are about to be paid to his memory, by the erection of a marble monument in the cathedral church, and the establishment of a scholarship in the University of Durham, in perpetuation of his name and virtues. The subscriptions already made in aid of these truly meritorous objects are considerable, and we have no doubt they will be such as to confer credit on those who were witnesses of the pious bishop's zeal, munificence, and disinterestedness, in the promotion of all good works.-Durham Advertiser.

GLOUCESTERSHIRE.

THE LATE BISHOP OF BRISTOL.-The proposed tribute of respect to the character of our late exemplary prelate has been carried into effect. A monument has been erected to his memory, in the cathedral, designed and executed by our distinguished fellow-citizen, W. H. Bailey, R. A., and which we have no doubt will prove highly gratifying to every admirer of sculpture. -Bristol Mirror.

CLERGY OF BRISTOL. - A meeting of the clergy of the deanery of Bristol, convened by requisition to the rural dean, and which was very numerously attended, was held on Thursday, March 10, in the committee-room of the diocesan school, at which it was resolved, "That an humble address be presented to his Majesty, on the present alarming condition of the established church of England and Ireland, and praying his Majesty to be graciously pleased to listen to the recommendation of the spiritual Head of the Church in the appointment to episcopal offices, and the royal professorships in our Universities." An address was accordingly proposed to the meeting, and, with the exception of

one dissenting voice, being unanimously carried in the affirmative, was transmitted to the Archbishop of Canterbury, with a request that his Grace would transmit the same to his Majesty.-Bristol Mirror.

ON THE PROPOSED TRANSFER OF THE SEE OF BRISTOL TO THE SEES OF BATH AND WELLS AND OF GLOUCESTER.-Will the large population of a city proverbial for attachment to religion, and to the es tablished church in particular, tamely submit to this degradation? We have much mistaken them if they do not promptly and almost unanimously petition Parlia ment, and memorialize the Government against such an outrage on their feelings and the character of their city. Why, when two new bishoprics are to be created in populous districts, is the see of Bristol, seated in the midst of a dense mass of inhabitants, to be extinguished? Why is our cathedral to be stripped of its estab lishment, and its distinguishing cere monies, when a popish rival, of larger extent, is rising in our immediate vicinity for the performance of the imposing ritual of the Roman catholic church? We call upon our fellow-citizens to bestir them. selves, and to protest against the threatened degradation; if they fail to avert it, they will at least have performed a solema duty, and placed upon record their resistance to an act which cannot be justified by any principle of reform,-for it remedies no abuse, nor saves a farthing to the state. Felix Farley's Journal.

A public meeting of the friends of the established church was held at Bristol, on Tuesday, March 22, at which it was unanimously resolved to address the King, and to petition both Houses of Parliament, against the proposed suppression of the see of Bristol, and the transfer of its jurisdiction.

HAMPSHIRE.

The scholars of the collegiate school of Winchester have subscribed for the purpose of presenting their head master, the Rev. D. Williams, D.C.L., of New College, with a magnificent piece of plate, as a testimony of their gratitude and esteem. It consists of a splendid candelabrum of massive silver, containing branches for nine lights. The pedestal is triangular. On one compartment is the inscription in Latin; on the second is beautifully chased, in bas-relief, Telemachus presenting offerings to Minerva, as the patroness of learning; and on the third is emblazoned the corporate arms of the ancient city of Winchester. Salisbury Herald.

A highly respectable meeting of the sub-committee of the Portsmouth District

Church of England Society, comprising the parishes of Warblington, Havant, Bedhampton, Farlington, and Hayling, (North and South,) was held at the Assembly Room, Crown Inn, Emsworth, on Monday, February 15, G. A. Shawe, Esq., vice-president, in the chair. The subjects discussed were-the advantage to the members of the Church of England of associating for the purpose of mutual conference and assistance at periods of difficulty, or for resisting any uncalled-for aggression, and the means of alleviating the present distress of the clergy of the established church in Ireland. The meeting was severally addressed by the Rev. Messrs. Mountain, Norris, and Alder, by Captains Bigland and Pierson, and by Messrs. Baines, Loftin, Smart, Harrison, and H. Stevens. At the conclusion, a considerable addition was made to the sums already collected in those parishes for the Irish clergy.

The consecration of Sarisbury Green Chapel took place on Tuesday, March 8. The day was exceedingly fine, and as the parties proceeded to the spot, hereafter to be rendered sacred by the worship of God, the fine tone of the bell presented by the chapter was heard afar off. The arrangements of the Rev. Mr. Snooke were excellent. The bishop entered the church at twenty minutes past eleven. The Rev. George Morris, the new incumbent, read the prayers. The children's singing was admirable. Upwards of forty of the clergy were present; among the company we recognised the Bishops of Winchester and Montreal, Doctors Williams and Wilson, Mr. Barter, the Warden of Winchester College, and Sir H. Thompson; Messrs. Abbott, Baker, Barton, Breton, Brock, Brown, Daintry, Dewdney, Dusutoy, Dyson, Gray, Harrisons, Haynes, Henville, Hone, Horne, Hulton, Jacob, Jeans, Morris, Mountain, Pooke, Scard, Shadwell, Snooke, Trenchs, Vick, Walters, and Waring. Mr. Henville officiated as chancellor, for Dr. Dealtry, who is seriously ill. The collection was-In the plate, 134l. 17s. 6d. ; 'sent by those who could not attend, 391. 10s. ; total, 174l. 7s. 6d. — The largest we believe ever known in the diocese at a consecration; doubtless owing, in a great measure, to the bishop saying he considered it a case which justified him in departing from his usual habit of silence on that point, and in making a special request for a large contribution, and the appeal was nobly responded to.Portsmouth Herald.

KENT.

A meeting of the parishioners of Buck

land, near Dover, was called on Friday, Feb. 26, at the vestry-room, to make a church-rate, and upon other business. A few of the worst of the parishioners (i. e. Radicals) were determined to upset the meeting, and therefore mustered what force they could, and prior to the hour appointed, eleven o'clock, assembled in vestry, nominated a chairman, and proceeded to enter into resolutions, and before the churchwardens or any other person than one solitary Conservative, who protested against the proceedings, had arrived, carried a vote that a church-rate was unnecessary and inexpedient, (as no doubt they thought the church,) and that the making thereof be deferred to that day six months. The worthies then dispersed in high glee. The meeting, however, being illegal, fresh notice was given for another meeting, and notwithstanding the Radicals did all they could to bring together their friends, the Conservatives carried their measure by 29 against 14, much to the chagrin of the former.-Kentish Paper.

COMMUTATION OF TITHES.-The following is a copy of the petition to the House of Commons from the clergy of East Kent, on the Tithes Commutation Bill:

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'That your petitioners do not object to a commutation of tithes, founded on just principles, and consistent with the due maintenance of the rights of property.

"That the main provisions of the bill now before your honourable house are not, as appears to your petitioners, directed to the procuring of an equivalent for the net value of tithe property, after a deduction of the expenses incidental to its collection and marketing, but to the assigning of a proportion only of such value, according to a scale arbitrarily selected.

"That your petitioners are prepared to prove, from the information of tithe-owners who are now taking tithes in kind, and of surveyors employed in the valuation of tithe property, that the average expenses of taking tithes in kind in East Kent would not exceed 151. per cent., and that in many cases it would be as little as 61. per cent.

"In conclusion, your petitioners humbly pray that no bill for a commutation of tithes may receive the sanction of your honourable house, which does not provide a just and fair compensation and equivalent to tithes owners, for the property which they will be required to commute.

LANCASHIRE.

CHURCH BUILDING SOCIETY.-A society has been established in Manchester for promoting the building and enlargement of churches and chapels in the parishes of Manchester and Eccles. The first meeting