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for the year 1844 are,-" The Justification of Man before God only by the Merits of Jesus Christ."—" The Duties of Christianity incumbent on Individuals as Members of a private family."

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY.

The Chancellor's Gold Medal for English Poetry has been adjudged to William Johnson, Scholar of King's college.Subject "Plato."

The Marquess Camden's Gold Medal for Latin Hexameter Verse to James Arthur Yonge, Scholar of King's college.Subject "Defectus Solis varii, Lunæque labores."

Sir William Browne's Gold Medals for the Greek Ode, subject, ‘Aɩ ñávě ópŵσaι Evμevides, to William George Clark, Scholar of Trinity college. The Latin Ode, subject "Indus Fluvium," to Henry James Sumner Maine, Scholar of Pembroke college, and Craven University Scholar. The Epigrams, subject, Greek, Μία χελιδὼν ἔαρ οὐ ποιεῖ,Latin, “ Una Hirundo non facit ver," also to Mr. Maine. Mr. Clark obtained the same prize in 1842. Mr. Maine obtained in 1842 the Chancellor's and Camden Medals, and the prize for the Latin Ode.

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June 24. The Porson Prize was awarded to William George Clark, Trinity Coll.. Subject, Shakspere's Midsummer Night's Dream, Act I. Sc. 1, beginning "God speed fair Helena! Whither away?" and ending "From lovers' food till morrow deep midnight."

ASIATIC SOCIETY.

The 20th Anniversary Meeting was held on the 10th June, to which day it had been postponed from the 13th of May preceding, in consequence of the death of Lord Fitzgerald and Vesey. Sir A. Johnston took the chair. The Report opened with an expression of sorrow at the loss of their late President, who had so soon followed his predecessor, the Earl of Munster. The deaths of the Duke of Sussex and the Marquess Wellesley, two of the Vice-Patrons, were then adverted to. Amongst the losses by death of the Society during the present year were, the extraordinary Hungarian Oriental scholar, Csoma Körösi; the Tamil scholar, the Rev. Robert Anderson; Capt. Conolly, whose murder at Bokhara there appears unhappily little reason to doubt; Sir William Ouseley; the celebrated Hebraist, Gesenius; and Gonzalves, the retired Sinologist of Macao. The contents of the Society's forthcoming Journal were then adverted to. Among other papers, mention was made of the translation from the Persian, by H. H. Wilson, esq., of

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the Travels of Mir Izzet Ullah, a native of India, in the employ of Moorcroft, who had succeeded in reaching Yarkand, in the Chinese Empire, which, it appears, no modern European traveller had ever visited. This translation had appeared in an Indian periodical; but as such publications are with difficulty procurable, and in fact almost unknown in Europe, the Council had resolved, that in case of valuable papers, which had been thus printed, but, as far as Europe is concerned, not published, the rule of never printing anything that had appeared before should be rescinded. Some details were then read, of the proceedings of the Oriental Translation Committee. Since the last annual meeting, they had published the "Sama Veda," translated by Dr. Stevenson; the " Popular Poetry of Persia," by M. de Chodzko; the first volume of Ibn Khallikàn's Biographical Dictionary," by the Baron Maeljuckin de Slane, and the "History of Hyder Ali," by Col. Miles. The announcement was also made of some valuable Biographies of Persian Poets, translated from original sources by Sir Gore Ouseley, who had in his possession a complete, and, in many cases, exclusive, collection of similar works. The publication of the text of the the "Sama Veda," and that of the "Theoopania of Eusebius," and of the "Kitab Tahzib al Asmá," by the Oriental Text Committee, was also announced. When the report was finished, and the financial details had been gone through, it was moved by Sir G. Staunton, seconded by the Right Hon. Holt Mackenzie, and carried unanimously, that the Earl of Auckland should be elected President. The following gentlemen were elected into the Council in the room of those who went out by rotation :-The Marquess of Lansdowne, J. Ewing, esq., Sir G. G. de H. Larpent, Bart., Sir J. L. Lushington, Major J. Oliphant, Dr. J. Phillimore, J. Sullivan, esq., and Major Sir H. Willock. The officers of the preceding year were re-elected.

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the 96th anniversary report of the society, which traced the origin and progress of the society, and gave an elaborate resumé of its labours during a period of 90 years, throughout which, at different intervals, it had been honoured with the patronage of the Duke of Norfolk, who had presided over it for 21 years; of the Earl Clarendon, for 26 years; and of Lord Folkestone and Lord Romney, the latter of which distinguished noblemen had held the office of President for 32 years. Since the last distribution of rewards, 125 members had been elected, and the society had expended, since the year 1755, upwards of 100,000l. in the encouragement of the arts. Amongst the distinguished British artists who had received its honorary medals were Sir Thomas Lawrence, Nollekens, Flaxman, Sir W. Ross, Landseer, and Finden, many of the chefs d'oeuvre of whose works were to be found in the society's museum.

His Royal Highness then proceeded to distribute the rewards in the mechanics and fine arts, consisting of gold and silver medals, accompanied by pecuniary gratuities.

LORD BERWICK'S LIBRARY.

The library of the late Lord Berwick occupied the hammer of Mr. Leigh Sotheby on the 26th of April and twelve following days, and attracted a numerous assemblage and very high prices. The collection was particularly rich in genealogical and armorial manuscripts. We shall first enumerate the several copies of the Visitations.

180. Berkshire, 1623. 91. Bought for the British Museum.

1665; from Sir W. Burrell and Sir G. Nayler's collections. El. 6s. Brit. Mus.

1666; transcribed by Long

mate. 51. 10s. Thorpe.

1958. Berkshire and Gloucestershire, 1623. 201. 10s. Sir T. Phillipps.

313. Buckinghamshire, 1634. 101. 5s. Sir T. Phillipps.

314. The same, with arms, by Sam. Walker, 1669. 101. 15s. Sir T. P.

368. Cambridgeshire, 1619. 81. Idem. 369. The same, transcribed by Longmate. 31. Idem.

588. Cornwall, 1620 [but only arms, no pedigrees]. 61. 8s. 6d. Idem.

697. Devonshire, 1563; from Sir Peter Thomson's collection. 221. Boone. 783. Durham, 1575; transcript by Longmate. 51. Sir T. P. 784.

1615. 91. 5s. Idem. 842. Essex, Pedigrees, collected by Beckwith, 1783. 131. 13s. Idem.

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1174. Hertfordshire, 1634. 151. 15s. Idem.

1287. Huntingdonshire, 1613. 201 Idem.

1377. Kent, 1619; a recent copy, 101. 10s. Idem.

1448. Leicestershire, 1619. 141. 10s. Idem.

1519. Lincolnshire, 1563; from Sir C. Morgan's collection, but a poor copy. 121. Idem.

1855. Norfolk; from Harvey's visitation, 1563, and other sources. 101. Idem.

1856. Norfolk and Suffolk, 1563, preceded by pedigrees of English families by Samuel Todd, 1601. 161. Brit. Mus. 1860. Northamptonshire, 1616. 101. 10s. Sir T. Phillipps.

1901. Oxfordshire, 1574. 101 10s. Thorpe.

2353. Shropshire, the Visitations of 1584, 1623, and 1637, with additions collected by John Gough of Fleet-street, Professor of Heraldry, 1642, (from Mr. Hamper's collection). 811. Thorpe.

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2357.

Visitation, from Sir George Nayler's collection. 151. Thorpe.

2487. Suffolk, 1561. 151. Thorpe. 2715. Devonshire, Cornwall, and Somersetshire, 1531; transcript. 161. 10s. Brit. Museum.

2737. Wales, a collection of Pedigrees in large folio. 501. Sir T. Phillipps. 2738. Another volume, from the collection of John Pritehard Prys, Deputy Herald for Wales. 361. Idem.

2859. Wiltshire, 1623; from Sylv. Morgan's collection. 131. Idem. 2860. 1565. 71. Idem. 2861. 1565, and Oxfordshire; a recent transcript, 171. 10s. Idem. 2879. Worcestershire, 1569, with additions to 1779, 141. 14s. Idem.

From the very large number of miscel laneous heraldic and other manuscripts, we select the following for specification :

362. Pedigree of Cadogan family, on a roll. 11. 11s. Thorpe.

497. Church Notes, collected by Craven Ord, in six volumes, 4to. 301. Sir T.

Phillipps (sold for 111. 11s. in Craven Ord's sale 1832).

517. Journal of Naval Transactions in 1666; by Sir William Clarke. 31. 38. Brit. Museum.

627. Cronica dei Dossi e Famiglie Veneti. 1625. 21. 14s. Brit. Museum.

696. Devonshire Pedigrees, on vellum. 51. 10s. Brit. Museum.

833. Erdeswicke's Staffordshire, a MS. copy. 1595. 21. 11s. Thorpe.

953. Genealogiæ Monumenta et Insignia varia, containing Bishop Wickham's Consanguinlty, Church Votes, Pedigrees, &c. From the Towneley collec. tion [and in Hasted's writing?] folio. 281. Sir T. Phillipps.

1004. R. Glover's Pedigrees of the Northern Districts, neatly copied. 101. 10s. Phillipps.

1030. Grants of Arms, by Sir E. Bysshe, Sir E. Walker, Sir G. Dethick, and others. 141. Brit. Museum.

1031. Grants of Arms, Processions, and Ceremonies. 101. 10s. Brit. Museum. 1032. Grants of Arms and Crests. 151. Brit. Museum.

1031. Grants, by Dethick, Walker, St. George, Segar, Camden, &c. vellum, formerly T. Martin's of Palgrave. 51.2s. 6d. Sir T. Phillips.

1034. Grants and Confirmations by Segar. 81. 8s. Idem.

1092. Pedigrees of Various Families, commencing with Dingley, of Hants. From Capon's collection. 141. Thorpe.

1093. Book of Customes of the Manors, &c. of the see of Winchester, collected by Sir Charles Montague, Steward, 1644. 8vo. 51. 12s. Sir T. Phillipps.

1094. Hampshire Church Notes, &c. by W. Parry. 4to. 101. 5s. Brit. Mus.

1144. Arms of Gentry in various countries, 1584. 91. 5s. Brit. Mus.

1145. Proceedings of Earl Marshal,Ceremonies, Valuation of Bishopric of Worcester,-Art of Painting on Glass, &c. fol. 41. Thorpe.

1146. Coats of Arms, Crests, &c. 2 vols. folio, with indexes. From Capon's collection. 131. Brit. Mus.

1147. Arms, Crests, Grants, &c. by Cooke and Barrett. 101. 5s. Pickering. 1166. Arms and Pedigrees of Herefordshire. 181. Sir T. Phillipps.

1167. Arms of Herefordshire families. 41. Idem.

1259. 66 Gathering," Arms, &c. by Francis Hougham, herald painter of London, about 1689. 91. 5s. Sir T. Phillipps.

1274. Genealogie de l'illustre maison de Ursino, par D. Hozier, on vellum, splendidly illuminated, 1635. 161. 10s. Boone.

1276. Inseriptions in Wells Cathedral, taken by Alex. Huish, 31. 7s. Thorpe.

1308. Inscriptions from Coffin Plates; from Sir G. Nayler's collection. 21. Sir T. Phillipps.

1326. Arms of Nobility, temp. James I. tricked on a large scale from Sir Richard St. George's library, fol. 101. 5s. Brit. Museum.

1348. Verses by Ben Jonson to the memory of Vincent Corbet. MS. on vel. lum. 11. 4s. Thorpe.

1375. Arms of Kentish families, in trick; from Sir Edw. Hoby and S. Pegge's collection. 4to. 41. 6s. Brit. Mus.

1375. Kentish Armes, collected by Filmer Southouse, of Faversham, gent. on vellum. From Carteret Webb's and Towneley collections. 131. 10s. Brit. Museum.

1377. Kentish Miscellany; collections by Samuel Dale, transcribed by Hasted, fol. 171. Sir T. Phillipps.

1385. Lists of Sheriffs, in counties, by Gregory King, 1685. 51. 138. 6d. Thorpe.

1392. Lists, Arms, and Portraits of Knights of the Garter to 1827, in 14 vols. large folio. 231. Thorpe.

1393. Lists of Knights and Baronets, temp. Jas. I. to 1616, with arms in trick. 8vo. 31. 15s. Sir T. Phillipps.

1490-1498. Various heraldic collections principally relating to Suffolk, by Gervese Clifford Leveland, but very poorly executed, and not worth enumerating.

1509. Liber Nobilitatis Genuensis. MS. fol. 1782. 31. 18s. Sir T. Phillipps.

1520. Arms and Pedigrees of Lincolnshire families, and a copy of the Baron's book, emblazoned. 81. Thorpe.

1553-1559. Collections by Barak Longmate, chiefly bought by Sir T. Phillipps, of which 1554 and 1555, Monumental Inscriptions, &c. for 141. and 121.

1713. Arms of Lord Mayors, Sheriffs, &c. of London; 1634. from Le Neve's collection. fol. 81. Sir T. Phillipps.

1714. London in Armes displayed; the distinctions military and civil of the horse troops and trained bands, by John Lucas, 1647. 4to. 61. Brit. Museum.

1715. Arms of Lord Mayors, &c. by Robt. West, 1743. 121. 12s. Sir T. Phillipps.

1717. Inscriptions and Arms at Hendon and Wilsdon, Middlesex, by George Harrison, Windsor Herald. 8vo. 11. 1s. Idem.

1757. Inscriptions in various counties; from Sir G. Nayler's collection. 2 vols. 4to. 111. 5s. Idem.

1847. Memoranda relative to the Masters of the Rolls, by Mark Noble, 1823. 131.(!) Sir T. Phillipps.

1857. Inscriptions, &c. in Norfolk. 4to. from Ives's collection. 31. 10s. Thorpe.

1903. Election of Fellows of All Souls' college, Oxford, with names of Candidates and retired Fellows, from 1717 to 1827. 4to. 31. 3s. Thorpe.

1904. Arms of Oxfordshire, &c. fol. 181. Sir Thomas Phillips.

1919-1928. Drawings, chiefly in Shropshire, by the late David Parkes, of Shrewsbury. They sold in all for 1441. and were chiefly purchased by Thorpe. 1956. Pedigrees of Shropshire. 2 vols. fol. 221. 108. Thorpe.

1962. Pedigrees in several counties, fol. about 1689, formerly Thomas Starling's. 171. 10s. Sir T. Phillipps.

1963. Pedigrees from the Visitations of Surrey 1623, Kent and Sussex, by Sir Marmaduke Gresham, continued by Le Neve (after 1660). fol. 221. Brit. Mus.

1965. Pedigrees of England and Wales, by R. Chandless. From the Halston collection. fol. 1695. 601. Lord Hill. (The pedigrees of Hull and Hill are very copious in this volume.)

1966. Pedigrees and Grants, by Henry St. George, continued by R. Bigland. 1759. 181. 10s. Sir T. Phillipps.

1967. Pedigrees of Radclyffe. 141. 148. Thorpe.

1970. Pedigrees by Mr. Canon Newling. 21. Sir T. Phillipps.

1971. Pedigrees and Church Notes, by the same, principally of Shropshire families, in 39 small vols. sewed, and 20 half-bound. 711. Sir T. Phillipps.

1981. Creation and Succession of Earls of Pembroke to 1588, by Richard Tomlins, of Denbigh. fol. 4to. Pritchard. 2126. Heraldic Collections of W. Radclyffe, Rouge Croix, in an octavo vol. about 1803. 91. 9s. Sir T. Phillipps.

2169. Roll of Arms upon vellum, temp. Ric. II. (the original of Mr. Willement's publication.) 4to. 1834. 291. Lord Hill.

2217. Will of Henry Rowland, Bishop of Bangor.-Knights made by Henry VII. 4to. 31. 3s. Sir T. Phillipps.

2221. Annuities and Fees of the Royal Household, fol. From Sir Julius Cæsar's MSS. (probably No. 46 or 47.) 101. Brit. Mus.

2337. Sheldon's collection of Pedigrees. fol. 141. Sir T. Phillipps.

Lots 2345 to 2390 all related to Shropshire, and were sold at even higher proportionate prices than other parts of the collection. Lot 2345, of charters, was knocked down for 751. to Sir Thomas Phillipps; but on his complaining afterwards that the first fifteen charters were only copies, the sum of 151. was deducted. 2346, charters, 171. 17s. Thorpe. Three volumes of the Shropshire collections of

the Rev. E. Williams were bought for 3011. 7s. by Thorpe, it was supposed for Mr. Eyton; four others by Sir Thomas Phillipps for 3071. An imperfect transcript of the cartulary of Shrewsbury abbey by the same for I21. 12s. The Visitations have been already noticed. Lot 2363, an imperfect copy of the cartulary of Haghmon abbey, 201. Sir T. Phillipps. 2365, Shropshire records, transcribed by T. F. Dukes, esq. in 5 vols. 4to. 741. 11s. Thorpe. Of the remainder Sir T. Phillipps bought largely, including the last, an indifferent collection of drawings and prints, formed by Mr. Dukes, spoilt by being stuck together, for 311. 10s.

2444. Documents, dated 1389 and 1419, relative to the Choir of Lichfield. 61. 16s. 6d. Thorpe.

2445. Staffordshire Pedigrees; formerly Bassano's. 201. 10s. Sir T. Phillipps.

2447. Customs and Offices of the Honour of Tutbury. 31. 10s. Thorpe.

2448. Arms of the Trades of Lichfield, &c. 51. 5s. Thorpe.

2501. Monumental Inscriptions in St. Mary, in Lambeth, by Jos. Jones, 1749. 81. 8s. Sir T. Phillipps.

2550. Theatre of Europe, wherein are contained the XVI Ancestors of every particular family in Europe, by J. Bassan. MS. fol. 1684. 131. Thorpe.

2599. Pedigrees and Arms by Townsend, chiefly relating to the family of Littleton. 151. 15s. Sir T. Phillipps.

2734. Pedigrees, collected by the Rev. William Dade, Rector of Barmston, co, of York, about 1790. 4to. 61. 8s. 6d. Thorpe.

2739. Arms of Archbishops, Bishops, and Gentry of Wales, collected in 1686, by Jos. Smyth. 4to. 81. 18s. 6d. Sir T. P. 2744. Pedigrees of Flintshire families. 4to. on vellum. 421. Idem.

2896. Yorkshire Pedigrees, from John Holland's collection. 221. Boone.

2897. Armorial Bearings, from the same, 431. Sir T. Phillipps.

2898. Another similar volume. 391. Idem.

2899. Copies of Yorkshire Parish Re gisters. 4to. 91. 2s. 6d.

2916. Nineteen Letters of the Earl of Clarendon to the Earl of Abingdon, relating to Monmouth's rebellion. 201. 10s. Lord Hill.

Of the printed books we may mention these six :

594. Whitaker's Coronation of George IV. highly finished in gold and colours. 671. Thorpe.

1021. Gough's Sepulchral Monuments, five volumes, in russia, 741.

1082. Halstead's Genealogies, in red morocco. 981. Pickering. This identical

copy, about 30 years since, was purchased at a sale in the neighbourhood of Windsor for 21. 2s.; it shortly after found a place in the valuable library of the late Sir Mark Masterman Sykes, at whose death it was again sold at Evans's rooms for 741. 11s. to Mr. Thorpe. The Towneley copy sold by the same auctioneer for 631. 1603. Whitaker's Magna Charta, printed in gold, on vellum, 1816. 581. Pickering.

1986. Pennant's London, illustrated by the late Mr. Graves, in 6 vols. folio. 811. Ives.

2090. State Trials and other papers, relative to the Rebellion of 1745: bound in imperial folio. 401.

The total produce of this sale_was 67261. 128. of which Sir Thomas Phillipps's purchases amounted to 18121. and Thorpe the bookseller's to 27641. 18s. 6d.

LIBRARY OF DEAN MILLES.

The Very Rev. Jeremiah Milles, D.D. Dean of Exeter, and President of the Society of Antiquaries, died in 1784. Portions of his library have, we believe, been before offered by auction; but a considerable part of his library remained together, and appears to have received from time to time considerable accessions, until the present year, when it has been brought under the hammer of Mr. Leigh Sotheby on the 10th of April and four following days. It was rich in the classics, theology, history, and topography; and concluded with several valuable manuscripts. One of these was a vellum MS. of Bede, of the 12th century, which formerly belonged to Plumpton priory in Devonshire; this was purchased for the British Museum at 291. 10s. A vellum MS. of the canonical epistles, also of the 12th century, was sold for 21. 3s. to Mr. Thorpe. Philoso. phaster, a Latin comedy by Robert Burton, author of the Anatomy of Melancholy, in his autograph. 5s, Thorpe (resold to Pickering for 61. 10s.). A volume of several pieces of English history, written about 1421, on paper, was sold for 31. 7s. Thorpe. Afterwards purchased by the British Museum for 61. 10s.

Dean Milles's collections for the History of Devonshire were sold as lot 1174, and purchased by the Bodleian Library for 901. They consisted of twenty volumes in various sizes, and arranged as follows:

1. Parochial Collections, in 5 vols. fol. 2. Queries addressed to the Parochial Clergy, and filled up with their replies. In two folio volumes.

3. Risdon's History; the original MS. with many additions. 2 vols. fol.

4. History from the Magna Britannia, Risdon, Speed's maps, &c.

5. Westcott's Survey of Devon. A folio MS.

6. Exeter Domesday.

7. Statuti Eccl. Exon.

8. Bishop Ward's papers, &c. 9. Various loose Manuscripts.

10, 11. Two volumes of pedigrees. 12. Collections by various persons, including Dr. Wm. Howard, Capt. Steevens, and Dr. Plot's Natural History of Devon.

13. Arms.

14. Pamphlets, Prints, Letters, &c. Several rolls belonging to the Church of Exeter were withdrawn from the sale, having been claimed, we presume, by the Dean and Chapter.

The Minute-book of the Egyptian Society, together with other papers, and their symbol, a sistrum of brass (see Nichols's Literary Anecdotes, vol. V. p. 334), was sold for 21. to Thorpe.

A very early copy, on vellum, of Glanville's Tractatus de Legibus et Consuetudinibus regni Angliæ was purchased for the British Museum at 351. 10s.

Lot 1187, a memorandum book made in the East Indies, 1691-8; a Journal, Persian and English, 1696; and a chart of the sea coast from the city of Sumats to Cochin, on parchment, nearly twelve feet long, and coloured. 57. British Museum.

Confirmation charter of the Lord Protector to the city of Waterford in 1658, a roll 26 feet long. 21. 28. H. Bohn.

Among the latter lots were many volumes of the journals of Dr. Pococke, the Oriental traveller, which were sold as follows:

1194. Travels of Dean Milles and Dr. Richard Pococke in 1736, &c. through France, Flanders, Holland, Germany, Bohemia, and Hungary, 9 vols. 4to. 227. 10s. Thorpe.

1199. Dr. Pococke's Description of the East and some other countries, the original MS. in twenty small 8vo. and one 4to volume. 37. 3s. Thorpe.

1201. Dr. Pococke's Travels in England in 1750-56, his Irish Tour in 1752, and a volume of extracts from various authors. 7 vols. 4to. 221. Thorpe.

1202. Travels in England in 1764, and Tour through Scotland to the Orkneys, and parts in England and Ireland in 1760, by Dr. Pococke, with many drawings, and some prints, in six thick quarto volumes. 337. for the British Museum.

1203. Dr. Pococke's Travels through Italy, France, Flanders, Holland, Germany, Bohemia, Hungary, &c. transcribed and illustrated with views, in 19 volumes quarto. 201. Thorpe.

1204. Letters of Dr. Pococke and Dr.

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