Seal was affixed to a Deed of Conveyance to the Masters and Fellows of Pembroke College, of the original site of Beef Hall and two Gardens, held for more than 200 years past by that College, and now required for the extension of the buildings requisite for the Society; the College undertaking to pay a permanent rent charge, instead of a small periodical fine. February 15. In a Convocation holden on Monday, the Rev. Frederick Wade, M.A., of of Trinity Coll., Dublin, was admitted ad eundem. At the same time, a Congregation was holden, when the following degrees were conferred : Masters of Arts-The Rev. W. Rogers, Exeter; Rev. J. Acres, Lincoln. Bachelors of Arts-F. G. Bloomfield, Balliol; A. R. Myddleton Wilshere, Pembroke; G. C. Benn, Merton. In the same Congregation, Mr. Daman, of Oriel, was nominated to be a public examiner in Literis Humanioribus. The following gentlemen have been elected Proctors for the ensuing year by their respective societies : Senior Proctor-Rev. T. Harris, M.A., Fellow of Magdalen. Junior Proctor - J. T. H. Peter, M.A., Fellow of Merton. February 22. At a meeting of the Graduates in the Faculty of Theology, holden in the Convocation House on Thursday last, at ten o'clock, the name of the Rev. R. L. Cotton, D.D., Provost of Worcester College, who had been nominated by the Vice-Chancellor to the Office of Examiner under the provisions of the new statute De Disciplina Theologica, was submitted to the approbation of the Faculty, and unanimously approved. In a Convocation holden yesterday, the nomination of the Rev. Rowland Muckleston, M.A., Fellow of Worcester Coll., the Rev. J. E. Bode, M.A., Student of Christ Church, J. Fraser, M.A., Fellow of Oriel Coll., to the office of Examiners for the Hertford Scholarship for the promotion of Latin Literature, was unanimously approved of. On Thursday last, the Rev. Thomas Desborough Andrews, M.A., Scholar of Corpus Christi College, was elected and admitted a Probationary Fellow of that Society. On the 21st instant, the following Gentlemen were elected Scholars of University College:- Mr. T. Valpy French, and Mr. G. Herbert Curteis, of University, Scholars on the Open Foundation, to the Bennet Scholarships; Mr. G. Elliot Ranken, from Eton, to the Open Scholarship; Mr. J. Adams Cree, Commoner of University, to the Yorkshire Scholarship. CAMBRIDGE. February 1st. There was an accidental omission in the list of degrees conferred on Wednesday, the 22nd ult. The following ought to have been added to those we printed: Honorary Master of Arts-Hon. W. Cecil Spring- Rice, Trinity. Bachelors of Arts-W. Baxter, incorporated B.A. from Dublin; H. Newport, Pembroke. February 8. At a Congregation on Wednesday last, the following degrees were conferred :Masters of Arts-T. Peckston, Trin.; T. Brown Foulkes, Queen's; T. Troughton Leete, Caius. Bachelor in the Civil Law-Rev. J. Mules, Trinity Hall. Bachelors of Arts-F. Bliss, W. Sloane Evans, H. Nicholls, and G. Head, Trinity; W. Gilder, St. John's; J. Mayow Lukin, St. Peter's; E. T. Webb Probyn, Caius; S. W. King, St. Catharine's Hall; J. Furniss Ogle, Jesus. At the congregation on Wednesday last, the following graces passed the Se nate: 1. To re-appoint the New Botanic Garden Syndicate of the 7th February last, to consider what steps should be taken respecting the ground which was purchased by the University for the purpose of changing the site of the Botanic Garden, and to report to the Senate before the end of next term. 2. The Trustees of the Botanic Garden, with the consent of the late Syndicate, having ascertained that the Governors of Addenbrooke's Hospital are willing to sell to the University the fee simple of a piece of land, twenty feet wide, and extending the whole length of a field belonging to the Hospital, lying on the northern side of the new Botanic Garden, and ca pable of forming a road to it, on the following terms: (1) That the said ground be converted into a road to be made and kept in repair by the said Trustees, and that the Governors of the Hospitals reserve for themselves and tenants a right of way along the said road. (2) That the Trustees erect and keep in repair a gate at the northern extremity of the said road. (3) That the price of the said land be determined by two surveyors chosen by the two parties respectively, who, if they cannot agree, are to be empowered to call in a third to be named by them beforehand. (4) That the Governors take upon themselves the construction and maintenance of a fence along the castern boundary of the intended road, receiving from the University such sum for the expense of making and maintaining the said fence as the two surveyors or their umpire shall name, and that the fence do for ever continue the property of the Governors: To authorize the Vice-Chancellor to make an agreement with the Governors of Addenbrooke's Hospital on the above terms. 3. To appoint Mr. Elliot Smith the surveyor on the part of the University for the above purposes. February 15. We understand that her Royal Highness the Princess Sophia of Gloucester has bequeathed to the Master and Fellows of Trinity College a portrait of the Duke of Gloucester, formerly Chancellor of this University, which will be hung in the noble hall of the college. Mr. Godson, M.A. [B.A. 1818], of Caius College, Q.C., has been appointed by the Lords of the Admiralty Counsel to the Admiralty. The Rev. Dr. Hawtrey, the head master at Eton, has just appointed as examiners for the Newcastle Scholarship for the present year, Mr. G. Cornewall Lewis, student of Christ Church, Oxford, the translator of "Müller's History of the Dorians," and author of other literary works; and the Rev. W. L. Sampson, of King's College. The Rev. Ebenezer Cobham Brewer, LL.D. (LL.B. 1838], of Trinity Hall, has been appointed to preach the Sacra mental lectures, instituted by Thomas Hall, Esq., merchant, of Norwich, A.D. 1715. February 22. At a Congregation on Wednesday last, the following degrees were conferred : Masters of Arts W. Whitehead Blackwell, Trinity; C. Braddy, St. John's; R. Woosnam, Caius. Bachelors of Arts-G. Nesse Clark, Corpus Christi; W. J. Whiteway Bastard, Magdalene. At a congregation on Wednesday last, the 19th instant, the following graces passed the Senate :— To assign the annual stipend of 701. to John Holesworth Morgan, who has been appointed Junior Assistant at the Observatory, in accordance with the grace passed on the 18th of March, 1829. To allow the Vice-Chancellor of last year the sum of 871. 9s. 10 d. from the University chest, being the balance due to him upon the Botanic Garden account for the year ending Michaelmas, 1844. To allow Mr. Ferrand, of Trinity College, on account of illness, to defer the keeping of his Divinity Act until he shall have recovered his health. To exempt Thomas Rawshay Smyth Temple, of Trinity College, from the penalty attached to his not having matriculated within the first three terms of his residence. On Wednesday last, Mr. Arthur Scratchley, B.A. [1845], of Queens' College, was elected a Fellow of that Society. DURHAM. February 3. The following gentlemen were admitted to degrees in this University, in a Convocation holden on Thursday last: Masters of Arts-The Rev. W. B. Hornby, B.A.; J. G. Edwards, B.A., ad eundem from Trinity College, Cambridge; J. C. Heath, M.A., ad eundem from Trinity College, Cambridge. Bachelor of Arts-J. R. Davison, R. Taylor. The Convocation gave power to the Warden and Senate to oppose, on behalf of the University, the Sunderland, Durham, and Auckland Railway Bill, and the Brandling Junction Railway Bill, 336 BIRTHS AND MARRIAGES. MARRIAGES. wwwwwww. Bandinel, Rev. Jas., c. of Belstead, Suffolk, to Barton, Rev. Gustavus, incumbent of St. Branckner, Rev. Hy. incumbent of Padgate, Burton, Rev. Hy., of Christ Church, to the to Anne, y. d. of the late Timothy Horsfall, Jackson, Rev. John, v. of Dodderhill, to Margarct, second d. of the late Robt. Statter, Esq., Knowsley, Lancashire. Jephson, Rev. Wm., c. of St. John's, West minster, to Elizabeth Child, second d. of John Irvine, Rev. Walter, of Kildallen, co. Cavan, Knox, Rev. G., of Madras, chaplain to the Maxwell, Rev. Edward, minister of the Dis- M'Farquhar, Rev. Wm. Pitt, to Jean, eld. d. Perkins, Rev. Win., chaplain of Twyford, Shelley, Rev. Fred., r. of Beer Ferris, Devon, Style, Rev. Fred., of St. John's Coll., to Louisa Talmage, Rev. John Mayo, v. of Fifield and Townsend, Rev. T. J. Milnes, c. of North Tucker, Rev. W. G., R.N., to Sarah Ellen, Walsh, Rev. Thos. Gibbons, of Feniscowles, Whitley, Rev. J., incumbent of Wargrave, Lan- Woodruff, Rev. John, v. of Upchurch, Kent, to Frances, y. d. of the late Rev. Ed. Winthrop. Young, Rev. Jas., of Turton, to Elizabeth, second d. of the Rev. Wilson Rigg, incumbent of Ellenbrook, Worsley. Bowlby, Rev. Ed., r. of Thurrock, Essex. (of twins.) Browne, Rev. R. W., Westbourne-street, Pad- Buttemer, Rev. R. D., Wrecclesham, Surrey. Gregory, Rev. J. C., at Holt, Wilts. Hooper, Rev. W. F. H., incumbent of With- James, Rev. R. W., Burton Bradstock R. Mansfield, Rev. Joseph, at Bath. OF DAUGHTERS-the Lady of Borrer, Rev. C. H., at St. Leonard's-on-Sea. Collins, Rev. R., West-end, Hampstead. Dixon, Rev. Thos., C. of Brightwell, Berks. Le Royds, Rev. C., of Kimmeridge, Dorset. Melville, Rev. Hy., at the East India College. Myers, Rev. C. J., at Flixthorn V., Notts." New, Rev. F. T., Chester-place, Regent's-park. Stewart, Rev. E., Winchester. Walker, Rev. W. H., at Hickling R., Notts. White, Rev. Jas., at Bruton V., Somerset. EVENTS OF THE MONTH. N.B. The EVENTS are made up to the 22nd of each Month. TESTIMONIALS OF RESPECT Have been received by the following Clergymen : Rev. H. J. Bailey, a pocket communion service, and a silver salver, by his parishioners, on his resigning the incumbency of Driglington, Yorkshire, for the living of North Leverton, Notts. Rev. R. Bickersteth, B.A., a silver tea and coffee service, and a pocket communion service, with Howe's and Leighton's works in twelve volumes, also a copy of the Holy Bible, by the parishioners of St. Giles's, Reading. Rev. J. Bower, vicar of Lostwithiel, Cornwall, a silver salver, value fifty guineas, by his parishioners and neighbours. The reverend gentleman has been vicar of the parish for twenty-eight years. Rev. J. H. Bradney, M.A., Minister of Christ Church, Bradford, Wiltshire, a silver salver, by his congregation. Rev. J. Cawood, M.A., Minister of St. Ann's, Bewdley, a purse containing one hundred guineas, together with the last edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica. On Friday, the 7th instant, was presented to the Rev Ralph Clutton, B.D. [B.A. 1826], Fellow of Emmanuel College, a silver coffee-pot and cream-ewer, bearing the following inscription:-" Presented to the Rev. Ralph Clutton, B.D., by the parishioners of Welwyn, in testimony of their affectionate regard, and in remembrance of his faithful ministry among them for more than thirteen years. A.D. 1845." Rev. D. Cooper, M. A., a silver teaservice by the parishioners of Westbury, Wilts, on his leaving the parish. Rev. H. Cripps, Vicar of All Saints', Preston, Gloucestershire. Rev. T. Green, B.A., Curate of All Saints', Newcastle-on-Tyne, a gown, cassock, cap, and a pocket communion-ser VOL. XXVII.-March, 1845 vice, by some of his parishioners, on his leaving the curacy. Rev. R. H. Gretton, M. A., late Rector of Nantwich, Cheshire, a silver coffeepot, tea-pot, sugar-basin, cream-ewer and stand, and a purse of fifty-two guineas, on his removal from that parish to the Confratership of Brown's Hospital, Stamford. Rev. John Hart, late Curate of Luddington, near Crowle. Rev. J. J. Holmes, Chaplain to the Devon and Exeter Female Penitentiary, a Polyglott Bible, by twelve young women who have experienced the benefit of that institution, and are now in respectable service. Rev. A. G. How, Curate of Bromley, Middlesex. We hear that the friends of the Rev. William Hunt, late Curate of Trinity Church, Hotwells, are raising a subscription for that gentleman, to purchase him a living, and the sum of 2,500l. has been already collected.-Bristol Journal. The Rev, John Jenkins, late Curate of Rothwell (but now of King's Winford, Staffordshire), a handsome pocket communion-service, together with the works of one of our best divines, in fifteen volumes, beautifully bound. A testimonial of affection and respect, consisting of a handsome present of books, has been presented by the inhabitants of Bredon to the Rev. Thomas Samuel Jones, B.A. [1839], formerly of St. John's College, and lately curate of that parish. The parishioners of Wingham, Kent, have presented a handsome silver tea and coffee service to the Rev. Charles Levingston, M.A. [B.A. 1827], of St. John's College, bearing the following inscription:-"Presented to Charles Levingston, M.A., Incumbent of Wingham, by his affectionate parishioners, as a mark of their grateful sense of his varied, earnest, 2 A and valuable services, shown alike to all classes, amid many trying circumstances and much domestic affliction, as their neighbour, friend, and pastor, during seven years. 1844." The Rev. John Maynard, on leaving the curacy of Dursley for the living of Sudbourne-cum-Capella-de-Orford, Suffolk, had a handsomely bound edition of Strype's Works presented to him by several members of his congregation. Rev. Nathaniel Morgan, jun., a handsome silver waiter, by the parishioners of Barston, Warwickshire. Rev. Mr. Ovens, by the parishioners of Inver, in the diocese of Derry, an address and a handsome silver tea-service. Rev. M. Saunders, a time-piece, by members and friends of the Hall Green Sunday School, Haworth, Yorkshire. Rev. E. L. Sayer, a silver salver, by the parishioners of Silsoe, Beds, on his leaving the curacy of that parish. Rev. Richard Shutte, Perpetual Curate of St. James's, Taunton. Rev. J. S. Wilkins, formerly Curate of St. James's Church, Taunton, a purse of gold, by the members of Christ's Chapel, Maida-hill, Regent's-park, on his removal to St. Paul's Church, Islington. BEDFORDSHIRE. The THE VEN. ARCHD. BONNEY. churchwardens of the five parishes of the town of Bedford presented the following address to the venerable gentleman upon the occasion of his resigning the Archdeaconry of Bedford, in consequence of his promotion to the Archdeaconry of Lincoln: To the Ven. the Archd. Bonney, D.D., &c. Rev. Sir,-We, the Churchwardens of the five parishes in the town and archdeaconry of Bedford, beg most respectfully to offer to you our cordial congratulations upon your promotion, and at the same time to present our acknowledgments for the courtesy and kindness which you have uniformly evinced to us in your official capacity. We gladly avail ourselves of this opportunity of recording our sense of the consideration you have invariably shewn in guarding the rate-payers against any unnecessary expense, while at the same time you have been most properly alive to the necessity of preserving the structure of the several churches in your archdeaconry in good and substantial repair. With every good wish that your life may be long spared in an enlarged sphere of usefulness, we beg to subscribe ourselves, Rev. Sir, your most obedient and faithful servants. To which the following answer was received: To the Churchwardens of the five parishes in the town of Bedford and Archdeaconry of Bedford. Gentlemen,-With feelings of the highest gratification, I acknowledge the address, which your friendly sentiments have induced you to make to me, through the favour of Dr. Mesham, and to offer you in return my cordial thanks, assuring you, at the same time, that your favourable opinion of the course I had the opportunity of pursuing among you, in my public capacity, is no inferior reward, and will be an encouragement for me to persevere in a similar line of conduct in the more enlarged field upon which I am shortly to enter. With sentiments of great respect and esteem for you individually, and a prayer to the Giver of all good for the prosperity of the Archdeaconry to which I now bid farewell, I beg to remain, gentlemen, your most obedient and faithful servant, H. K. BONNEY. Dr. Tattam has been nominated by the Bishop of Ely to the Archdeaconry of Bedford, solely, as his lordship is understood to have said, "for his merits and learning." BERKSHIRE. WINDSOR AND ETON CHURCH UNION. A meeting of this society took place on Monday, January 27, at the Town Hall, Windsor, which was very numerously attended, for the purpose of receiving the treasurer's report, to arrange the distribution of the funds between the parent societies and local objects, and to apportion the respective amounts. The chair was taken by the Rev. W. Lovett, the Rural Dean and Vicar of Bray. The following clergymen were present, and took part in the proceedings:-The Revs. H. Dupuis, J. S. Grover (Vice Provost of Eton), J. C. Abraham, E. Coleridge, R. J. Gould, W. Butterfield, R. Oakes, S. Marshall, J. Gossett, Vicar of New Windsor, Brown, T. Carter, W. Atkins, Stephen Hawtrey, W. Hawtrey, J. Skinner, W. Bentley, Ř. Gleed, J. Page, W. Carter, H. Evans, &c. The Rev. R. J. Gould, the secretary, having reported that the balance in the hands of the treasurer, for the year 1844, was 4331. Os. Id., it was moved by the Rev. J. S. Grover, and seconded by the Rev. E. Coleridge, that the sum of 4301. should be equally divided between the parent societies and grants for local objects. It was then resolved that the following sums should be recommended to be presented |