The Right Hon. Lord Monson.
The Right Hon. Lord Bagot.
The Right Hon. Lord Rodney.
The Right Hon. Lord Montagu.
The Right Hon. Lord Teignmouth.

The Right Hon. Lord Fitzgerald and Vesey.
The Right Hon. Lord Lyndhurst.
The Right Hon. Lord Wynford.
The Right Hon. Lord Templemore.

The Right Hon. Lord Stuart de Rothesay.
General Sabloncoff.

The Hon. Thomas Parker.

The Right Hon. Charles Arbuthnot.
The Right Hon. Henry Pierrepoint.
The Right Hon. Henry Goulburn, M.P.
The Rt. Hon. Sir Rd. Hussey Vivian, Bart.
The Hon. George Rice Trevor, M.P.
The Hon. Mount Stuart Elphinstone.
The Hon. Francis Spencer.

The University having signified its assent to the proposition of conferring these degrees upon the above-named noblemen and gentlemen, Dr. Phillimore proceeded as before to present them to the acceptance of the Chancellor, and in so doing he made a Latin speech in their praise.

When the Degrees had been conferred, the Installation Ode, written by the Rev. John Keble, M. A. Fellow of Oriel College, and set to music by Professor Crotch, was performed.

After the Ode, Mr. Robert Scott, B. A. Student of Christ Church, recited his Chancellor's Latin Prize Essay, "De Provinciarum Romanarum administrandarum ratione," and Mr. Joseph Arnould, Scholar of Wadham, recited his English Poem, "The Hospice of St. Bernard," which was also a Chancellor's Prize.

Five addresses to the Duke were then pronounced from the Rostra. Lord Maidstone, of Christ Church, the eldest son of the Earl of Winchelsea, and Mr. J. Wickens, Scholar of Balliol, recited two English poems, in his Grace's honour : two Latin Odes, in different metres, were recited by Lord Leveson, of Christ Church, and Mr. J. C. Pritchard, Scholar of Trinity; and Mr. Alfred Lloyd, Scholar of Wadham, recited a short set of Greek verses.

The Convocation was afterwards dissolved.

On Thursday there was no Convocation holden. In the morning, the Anniversary Meeting of the Governors of the Radcliff Infirmary took place in the Radcliff Library, where the Chancellor, the ViceChancellor, and the Noblemen, the Heads of Houses, and other Doctors assembled; and about eleven o'clock all went in grand procession to the Church of St. Mary. The Bishop of Oxford delivered an ex

cellent discourse (for the benefit of the Infirmary) from John xiii. 35. After enforcing this sacred precept, in language peculiarly adapted to the purpose, his Lordship expatiated on the merits of the charity, and paid a suitable tribute to the many benevolent persons that had supported it from the commencement. His appeal to the vast and affluent congregation produced upwards of 2251.

The procession on Friday was similar to those of the days preceding, and went from the Clarendon. It was, however, increased by the new Doctors of Wednesday. The following honorary degrees of Doctors of Civil Law were conferred :

The Right Hon. the Earl of Dartmouth.
The Right Hon. Viscount Cole.
Lieut.-General Sir Henry Fane, G.C.B.
Sir John Osborn, Bart.

Sir Charles Morgan, Bart.
Sir Charles Knightley, Bart.
Sir John Dean Paul, Bart.
Sir Astley Cooper, Bart.

Colonel Sir Williain Gomm, K.C.B.
Sir Charles Wetherell, K.C.

Sir Martin Shee, President of the Royal
Academy.

William Francis Lowndes Stone, Esq.

High Sheriff for the County of Oxford.
Alexander Baring, Esq. M.P.
James Buller East, Esq.

George Vernon Harcourt, Esq. M.P.
Edward Thomas Foley, Esq. M.P.
Colonel Edward Michael Conolly, M.P.
Charles Ross, Esq. M.P.
Charles Yorke, Esq. M.P..
William Ralph Cartwright, Esq. M.P.
Thomas Wood, Esq. M.P.
Thomas Duffield, Esq. M.P.
Colonel Alexander Perceval, M.P.
Lieut.-Colonel Thomas Moody.
Bartholomew Frere, Esq.
John Fleming, Esq.
Evelyn Shirley, Esq.
Alexander Scott Murray, Esq.
William Burge, Esq. M.A.

John Gibson Lockhart, Esq. B.C.L.
James Lewis Knight, Esq. King's Counsel.
William Stevens, Esq. M.D.
John Robert Hume, Esq. M.D.
Richard Jenkins, Esq.
Richard Westmacott, Esq. R.A.
David Wilkie, Esq. R. A.
Edward Blore, Esq. Architect.

The following gentlemen spoke from the Rostra :

Mr. Cardwell, Balliol Coll.
Mr. Allen, Magdalen Hall.

The Hon. Wm. L. T. Harris, Oriel Coll.
Mr. Richards, Trinity Coll.

Mr. Atkinson, Queen's Coll.
Mr. Palmer, Trinity Coll.
Mr. Adams, Christ Ch.
Mr. Morrell, St. John's Coll.
Mr. Donkin, St. Edmund Hall
Mr. Wing, University Coll.
Mr. Woodhouse, Christ Ch.
Mr. Tickell, Balliol Coll.

The whole concluded with the recitation of a gratulatory address to the Chancellor, written by Mr. John Graham, of Wadham College.

An account of the concerts, ball, dinners, and other festivities of the week, does not come within our province: but, even in this respect, a more splendid scene has seldom, if ever, been witnessed within the precincts of Alma mater.

ELECTIONS.

Mr. Roundell Palmer, B. A. Scholar of Trinity College, has been elected Eldon Scholar. The annual value of this Scholarship is 2001. for three years. In 1831 Mr. Palmer gained the Chancellor's Latin Verse Prize,"Numantia;" in 1832 he was elected Dean Ireland's Scholar; the same year he gained the Newdigate Prize Poem,

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Staffa;" and at the examinations in May last he was placed in the first class in Literis Humanioribus.

Mr. James Elliot, Commoner of Wadham College, and Messrs. Collis, Lloyd, and Piggott, have been elected Postmasters of Merton College.

Mr. Robert Milman, Commoner of Exeter College, has been elected Scholar of that Society.

Mr. William Beadon Heathcote, of New College, and Alfred Menzies, B. A. of Trinity College, have been admitted actual Fellows of their respective Societies.

Henry Gough and Thomas Bailey Levy have been elected Taberdars on the Old Foundation at Queen's College. George Levy, Robert Robinson, John Fearon, and Richard Newton, have been elected Scholars on the same Foundation; and Staniforth Cattley, Robert Robinson, John Waller, Alfred Brown, and Arthur Hogarth, have been elected Lady Hastings' Exhibitioners at Queen's College.

Mr.Charles Arthur Griffith, and Mr. Wm. Bedford, have been admitted Scholars of New College.

The Electors appointed to elect a Hebrew Scholar on the Pusey and Ellerton Foundation, have nominated Mr. Charles Seagar, Commoner of Magdalen Hall.

Mr. Abraham Whyte Baker, a Blount Scholar of Trinity College, has been elected a Scholar of that Society, on the Old Foun

dation; and Mr. John George Hickley, a Postmaster of Merton College, has been elected a Blount Scholar, in the room of Mr. Baker.

The following gentlemen have been elected Scholars of Corpus Christi College:-Mr. Rogers, Somerset; Mr. Marshall, Commoner of Oriel College, and son of the Rev. Marshall Hacker, of Iffley, Oxford; and Mr. Andrews, Kent.

Mr. Charles Seagar, Commoner of Magdalen Hall, and a Hebrew Scholar on the Pusey and Ellerton Foundation, has been elected a Scholar of Worcester College, on Mrs. Eaton's Foundation; and Mr. W. H. Whorwood, from Bromsgrove School, has been elected a Scholar of the same College, on Sir Thomas Cooke's Foundation.

next.

Two Fellowships are now vacant in Lincoln College, one for the county of Lincoln, and the other for the old Diocese of York; the former of which will be filled up on Saturday, the 5th of July, and the latter on Thursday, the 16th of October Candidates for the Lincolnshire Fellowship must deliver personally to the Rector certificates of the place of their birth and testimonials of good conduct, on or before Wednesday, the 2d of July. Similar papers must be delivered by Candidates for the Yorkshire Fellowship, on or before Monday, the 13th of October.

Latin Verse.-" Cicero ab exilio redux Romam ingreditur."-Mr. Arthur Kensington, Scholar of Trinity College.

English Essay." The influence of the Roman Conquests upon Literature and the Arts in Rome."-Mr. Joseph Anstice, B.A. late Student of Christ Church.

Latin Essay." De Provinciarum Romanarum administrandarum ratione.". Mr. Robert Scott, B. A. Student of Christ Church, Craven Scholar, and Dean Ireland's Scholar.

Sir Roger Newdigate's Prize.-English Verse." The Hospice of St. Bernard."Mr. Joseph Arnould, Scholar of Wadham College.

The following subjects are proposed for the Chancellor's Prizes for the ensuing year :

Latin Verse. - "Julianus Imperator Templum Hierosolymitanum instaurare aggreditur."

English Essay." The Influence of ancient Oracles on public and private Life.

Latin Essay." De Jure Clientelæ apud Romanos."

Sir Roger Newdigate's Prize.-" The Burning of Moscow."

The subject of Dr. Ellerton's Theological Prize, for which compositions are to be sent to the Registrar, in a sealed cover, on or before the Wednesday in Easter week next, is as follows:-"The Death of Christ was a propitiatory Sacrifice and a vicarious Atonement for the Sins of Mankind."The subject above stated, as appointed by the Judges, for an English Essay, is proposed to Members of the University on the following conditions, viz. :-I. The Candidate must have passed his Examination for the Degree of B.A. or B.C.L. II. He must not on this day (May 29) have exceeded his Twenty-eighth Term. III. He must have commenced his Sixteenth Term eight weeks previous to the day appointed for sending in his Essay to the Registrar of the University. In every case the Terms are to be computed from the Matriculation inclusively.

DEGREES CONFERRED.

DOCTOR IN DIVINITY.

John Fletcher, Exeter Coll.

BACHELORS AND DOCTORS IN DIVINITY, BY ACCUMULATION.

John James, late Fellow of St. John's Coll. and Prebendary of Peterborough. Hugh DavisOwen, late Scholar of Jesus Coll.

DOCTOR IN MEDICINE.

Thomas Ogier Ward, Queen's Coll.

DOCTORS IN CIVIL LAW.

Rev. B. Penny, Brasennose Coll. Gr. Comp. William Henry Smith, Queen's Coll.

BACHELOR IN DIVINITY.

Rev. H. Richards, Exeter Coll. Gr. Comp.

BACHELORS IN CIVIL LAW.

Jas. Barker Deane, Fell. of St. John's Coll. Rev. B. Penny, Brasennose Coll. Gr. Comp. Rev. Robt. Spranjer, of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, incorporated of Jesus Coll.

MASTERS OF ARTS.

Wm. Bouverie Pusey, Oriel Coll. Gr. Comp.
Wm. Hurdis Lushington, Oriel Coll.
Rev. Richard Vickris Pryor, Balliol Coll.
Thomas Tancred, Fellow of Merton Coll.
Rev. J. Robertson, Schol. of Pembroke Coll.
Edward Cockey, Fellow of Wadham Coll.
John Bradley Dyne, Fell. of Wadham Coll.
Rev. W.H.Bloxsome, Fell. of Wadham Coll.
James Fisher, Fellow of Exeter Coll.
Rev. C. Lewis Cornish, Fell. of Exeter Coll.
Rev. Thomas Davies, Jesus Coll.
Rev. R. Hopkins Harrison, Trinity Coll.

Jon. Kirk Stubbs, Schol. of Worcester Coll.
J. Warner Henley, Magdalen Coll. Gr. Comp.
Rev. H. Drummond, Balliol Coll. Gr. Comp.
Rev. Chas. Greenall Davies, St. Mary Hall.
Charles Turner, University Coll.

Hon. Wm. Henry Spencer, Christ Church.
Rev. John Dobson, Queen's Coll.
Rev. James Cecil Wynter, St. John's Coll.
Rev. Septimus Cotes, Wadham Coll.
Rev. C. Hen. Barham, Christ Ch. Gr.Comp.
Rev.G. Ludowick Parsons, Stud. of Chr. Ch.
William Graham, Christ Church.
Edward Conroy, Christ Church.
Francis Moore, Christ Church.
Rev. Henry Walker, Christ Church.
Rev. Wm. Henry Hughes, Lincoln Coll.
H. B. W. Churton, Fell. of Brasennose Coll.
Charles Scott, Brasennose Coll.

Rev. John Hill, Brasennose Coll.
Rev.J. Hopkins Swainson, Brasennose Coll.
Rev. Wm. Robt. Brown, Brasennose Coll.
Hon. C. Broderick Bernard, Balliol Coll.
Rev. Jonathan James Toogood, Balliol Coll.
Patrick Douglas Hadow, Balliol Coll.
William Mallock, Balliol Coll.
John William Pugh, Balliol Coll.
John Hardy, Oriel Coll.

Samuel Francis Wood, Oriel Coll.
Thomas Norris Williams, Merton Coll.
William Gattey, Trinity Coll.
James Cotton Powell, Trinity Coll.
Rev. John Lloyd Crawley, Trinity Coll.
Edward Langton Ward, Wadham Coll.
Francis Jenks Burlton, Worcester Coll,
Rev.Edmund Wm. Hughes, Worcester Coll.
Rev. Thomas Summers, Jesus Coll.
Rev. William Irving, Jesus Coll.
Rev. West Wayet, Queen's Coll.
Rev. John Hawkins Hext, Exeter Coll.
Rev. William Moore Adey, Exeter Coll.
Rev. James Woodward Scott, Exeter Coll.
Rev. F. Colman Wilson, St. Edmund Hall.
Rev. Edward Cookson, University Coll.
Octavius Brock, Brasennose Coll.
Rev. Henry George Kempe, Exeter Coll.
Rev. Henry Gray, Christ Church.
Rev. Nathaniel Levett, Jesus Coll.

BACHELORS OF ARTS.
Thomas Richard Brooke, St. Mary Hall.
Jas. Beckford Neville Heard, St. Mary Hall.
Chandos Hoskyns, Balliol Coll.

J. F. Collins, University Coll. Gr. Comp.
Charles John Champnes, St. Alban Hall.
Henry Rogers, University Coll.
John Pitt Taylor, Christ Church.
Valentine Knightley, Christ Church.
James Richard Quarmby, Lincoln Coll.
John Brereton, New Coll.

Thos. Brembridge Melhuish, Exeter Coll.
Henry Peake, Jesus Coll.

Henry Horlock Bastard, Wadham Coll.
John Wyndham, Magdalen Coll.

Richard Hopton, Brasennose Coll. George W. L. Wasey, Christ Church. Thomas Redhead Branfoot, Trinity Coll. John Smith, Exeter Coll.

Peter Charles Marshall, Wadham Coll. Henry Gough, Scholar of Queen's Coll. Thos. Bailey Levy, Schol. of Queen's Coll. Robert Jones Roberts, New Inn Hall. George Robinson, Wadham Coll.

Early in the morning of Tuesday, the 10th instant, being the first day of the Encænia, the following admissions ad eundem took place :

The Rt. Rev. Geo. Henry Law, D.D. Lord
Bp. of Bath & Wells, of Queen's C. Camb.
The Rt. Rev. John Kaye, D.D. Lord Bp. of
Lincoln, of Christ's C. Cambridge.
The Hon. & Rt. Rev. Hugh Percy, D.D.
Lord Bp. of Carlisle, of St. John's Coll.
Camb.

Rev. G. Butler, D.D. of Sidney Sussex C.

Camb. (late Master of Harrow School.) Rev.C.R.Elrington, D.D. of Trin. C. Dubl. and Prof. of Divinity in that University. The Rt. Hon. J. Wilson Croker, D.C. L. of Trin. C. Dub. (late Burgess for that University, and Secretary to the Admiralty.) Rev. H. J. Rose, B. D. of Trinity C. Camb. Rev. T. Austin, B.D. of St.John's C. Camb. Rev. W. Wright, B.C. L. of Trinity C. Camb. Rev. T. Newbery, M.A. Queen's C. Camb. Francis Scott, M.A. of Trinity C. Camb. Rev. R. F. Vavasour, M.A. Trinity C. Dub. Rev. F. de Veil Williams, M.A. Qu. C.Camb. Kev. H. F. Lyte, M.A. of Trinity C. Dub. Rev. G.A. Baker, M. A. of St. John'sC. Camb. W.F.Bailey, M.A. of Emmanuel C. Camb. Rev. W. B. James, M.A. of Jesus C. Camb. Rev.D. W. Sheard, M. A. Sidney Sussex C. Camb.

The following gentlemen have been also admitted ad eundem :

W.Frere, D.C.L. Mast. of DowningC. Camb. J. Hamilton Story, D.C.L. Trinity C. Dub. Rev.T.Crick, B.D. Fell.of St. John's C. Camb. Bartholomew Frere, M. A. Trinity C. Camb. Rev. J. J. Smith, M.A. Gonville & Caius C. Camb.

Rev. F. C. Crick, M.A. St.John's C. Camb. William Staunton, M. A. Christ's C. Camb. Rev. E. Tottenham, M.A. Trinity C. Dubl. Rev. M. Farrell, M.A. Trinity C. Dublin. Rev.Chas. Gray, M. A. St. John's C. Camb.

ASHMOLEAN SOCIETY.

On Friday, May 30, Roundell Palmer Esq. B.A. of Trinity College, was elected a Member. It was announced by the Secretary, that the next Meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science is fixed to take place at Edinburgh, commencing on the 8th of September. A Paper, by J. Duncan, Esq. D.C.L. was read, on Order in Nature. An anonymous Paper was read, on certain ocular phenomena. A Paper was read by Mr. Black, on certain ancient meteorological observations preserved in the Ashmolean Museum. The President announced the adjournment of the ordinary Meetings for the Long Vacation, and gave notice of an extra meeting to be held in the Radcliff Library, on Friday, June 6, at three o'clock, for the purpose of a Lecture, " On the Colours of Natural Bodies," by Professor Powell.

Two curious stuffed animals have been lately brought to the Ashmolean Museum; the one is cavia capybara, the other dicotyles labiatus, or white-lipped peccary. The 'capybara is the largest species of the order Rodentia, and grows to the size of a hog of two years old. It feeds not only on various vegetables, and particularly on sugar-canes, but also (contrary to the nature of most of the glires) on fish; for which purpose it frequents rivers, swimming with the same facility as the otter, and like that animal

dragging its prey out of the water, and eating it on the bank. The capybara is, in general, considered as of a gentle disposition, and is readily tamed and made familiar. It has a very large head, and a thick, divided nose; on each side are strong and large whiskers; the ears are small and rounded; the eyes large and black; in each jaw are two very large and strong cutting-teeth, and the grinders, which are eight in each jaw, are divided into three flat surfaces on the upper part; the neck is short; the body short and thick, and covered with short, coarse, brown hair; the legs short; the feet long, the foremost being divided into four toes, connected to each other by a small web at the base, and tipped with thick claws, or small hoofs, at the extremities; the hind feet are formed in a similar manner, but are divided into three toes only; there is no appearance of a tail. Sometimes this animal, while feeding, sits up in the manner of a squirrel, holding its

food between its paws. The female produces, in general, four or five at a time, on a bed of dry grass, &c. They are said to live in families, and never quit the vicinity, where they are born. They are found in the lower parts of South America.-The peccary inhabits the large and thick forests of South America. This animal, colour excepted, has all the externals of the wild boar. Its magnitude, however, does not exceed that of a middle-sized dog. The hairs are thick and bristly; the colour black, with the exception of the lower jaw, which is white. It is a gregarious animal, and in its wild state, when attacked, is fierce and dangerous. It feeds not only on vegetables, but occasionally on animals of various kinds, and is particularly an enemy to snakes and other reptiles, attacking and destroying the rattle-snake, without the slightest dread or inconvenience, and dexterously skinning it, by holding it between its feet, while it performs that operation with its teeth.

ELECTIONS.

To remit to Mr. Wm. Purkis, the Plumian tenant, 107. from the last halfyear's rent.

To confirm the report of the Syndics appointed to consider whether any and what remission of rent ought to be made to Mr. Dunn, for the year ending at Michaelmas last.

To allow Messrs. Burton, Rickman, and Wilkins 100%. each from the University Chest, in conformity with the recommendation of the Syndicate appointed to confer with the architects who were desired to furnish the University with designs for a new library.

To allow Mr. Trevor, of St. John's College, to be created Master of Arts, by Proxy, at the ensuing Commencement, on account of ill health.

SYNDICATES.

The Syndics appointed to consult what steps should be taken by the University to provide accommodation for the Fitzwilliam collection, in consequence of the desire expressed by the Master and Fellows of Caius College to resume possession of the present building, have reported to the Senate as follows:

The Syndics find that the site purchased in April, 1823, under the Act of Parliament, for 8,500l., of St. Peter's College, is so nearly out of lease, that they decidedly recommend to the Senate