CLERICAL APPOINTMENTS. Appointment. Minor Canon of Norwich. Surrogate, within the Diocese of Worcester. Domestic Chaplain to the Duke of Beaufort. Surrogate, within the Docese of Worcester. Domestic Chaplain to the Dowager Duchess of Beaufort. Chaplain to the High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdos. Chaplain to the Mayor of Bristol. Chaplain to the High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdon. Chaplain to the General Penitentiary, at Millbank. Curacy of Cliburn, in the County of Westmoreland, Curacy of Grimley and Hallow. Domestic Chaplain to Earl Ferrers. The Rev. R. Dickson Hampden, D.D. and Principal of St. Mary Hall, has been appointed to the Regius Professorship of Divinity, to which is annexed a Canonry of Christ Church, and the Rectory of Ewelme, Oxon, in the room of the late Dr. Burton. Rev. Dr. Bull, Canon of Christ Church, has been nominated by the Proctors of the University, with the consent of Mr. ViceChancellor, a Delegate of the Press, in the room of the late Professor of Divinity. It has been resolved in Convocation, that the name of Sir Robert Taylor, Knt. should be inserted in the catalogue of Benefactors to the University. Rev. William James Copleston, M.A. Fellow of Oriel College, has been nominated one of the Masters of the Schools for the ensuing year, and took the usual oath of office. W. Piers Calveley Claughton, B. A. late Scholar of Brasennose College, has been elected Fellow of University College, on the Foundation of William of Durham. DEGREES CONFERRED. Rev. E. Alston, Fell. of St. John's Coll. William Raikes Faber, University Coll. BACHELORS OF ARTS. Thomas L. Wolley, Magdalen Hall. George Charles Pearson, Christ Church. W. Nich. Ridley Colborne, Christ Church. BRASENNOSE COLLEGE. A Fellowship is vacant, open to Graduates of this University, being natives of Cheshire, or of Lancashire south of the Ribble, and not exceeding eight years from the day of their matriculation. Candidates are required to announce themselves to the Principal, and to produce certificates of the locality of their birth, together with testimonials from their respective Colleges or Halls. CHRIST CHURCH. The following Noblemen have been lately admitted Members of Christ Church : -the Lord Ward, Lord Cremorne, and the Hon. R. S. Carew, eldest son of Lord Carew. CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGE. An Election will be held in this College on Friday, the 11th of March, of a Scholar for the county of Kent. All persons are eligible who are natives of the above county, and who may not have exceeded their nineteenth year on the day of Election. All Candidates must appear personally before the President on the 5th day of March, at eleven o'clock in the morning, and must produce certificates of the marriage of their parents and of their own baptism; an affidavit of their parents or of some other competent person, stating the day and place of their birth, and a testimonial of previous good conduct from the Tutor of the College or the Head Master of their School. LINCOLN COLLEGE. An Election will take place to four Scholarships and two Exhibitions, now vacant, on Tuesday, the 15th of March next. The Scholarships are without limitation. Candidates for the Exhibitions must be natives of the Diocese of Durham; or, for want of such, natives of Northallertonshire or Howdenshire, in the county of York; or of Leicestershire, particularly of the parish of Newbold Verdon; or of the diocese of Oxford; or of the county of Northampton. All the candidates will be required to deliver in personally to the Sub-Rector, testimonials of good conduct, on or before Friday, the 11th of March. N. B. Candidates for the Exhibitions must at the same time produce certificates of the place of their birth. The following Grace has passed the Senate : To appoint the Vice-Chancellor, the Master of Jesus, Professor Miller, Mr. Thorp, Mr. Smith, Mr. Peacock, Mr. Whewell, Mr. Willis, Mr. Lodge, Mr. Ash, Mr. Fennell, Mr. Corrie, Mr. Hodgson, Mr. Hymers, Mr. Crauford, Mr. Hildyard, of Trinity Hall, Mr. Heaviside, a Syndicate for the purpose of collecting the Subscriptions already announced for the new Library. Also to affix the seal to the assent of the University to the Manchester and Cheshire Junction Railway passing through the Hulse estate. To grant to the late Vice-Chancellor from the Common Chest the balance, (viz. 164. 18s. 44d.) due to him from the Botanic Garden account, for the year ending at Michaelmas, 1835. To authorize the late Vice-Chancellor to employ a part, (viz. 5000%) of the balance due to the Fitzwilliam Fund in the purchase of Exchequer Bills. To appoint Sir William Follett one of the University Counsel in the room of Lord Langdale, now Master of the Rolls. To allow Mr. Crool, (Hebrew Teacher) 301. out of the University Chest in addition to his annual salary. PRIZE SUBJECTS. The Cambridge Norrisian Prize Essay for last year has been adjudged to Edward Harold Browne, Esq. M.A. of Emmanuel College, in that University. Subject"The Person, Character, and Actions of Jesus Christ afford a satisfactory fulfilment of all the Prophecies in the Old Testament which relate to the Messiah." DEGREES CONFERRED. DOCTOR IN DIVINITY. Archdeacon Broughton, Pembroke Coll. by royal mandate. HONORARY MASTERS OF ARTS. Lord Charles Amelius Hervey, Trinity Coll. fifth son of the Marquis of Bristol. The Hon. Thomas Robert Keppel, Downing Coll. fifth son of the earl of Albemarle. The Hon. Philip Yorke Savile, Trinity Coll. third son of the earl of Mexborough. MASTERS OF ARTS. John Benson Skipper, Emmanuel Coll. William A Dawson, Christ's Coll. KING'S COLLEGE. Charles Allix Wilkinson, scholar of King's College, has been elected a Fellow of that Society. |