The annual nomination of the select preachers having been made, the Regius Professor of Divinity has sent in to the Vice-Chancellor of the University the following protest against such nomination:

TO THE REV. THE VICE-CHANCELLOR.

"Mr. Vice-Chancellor,-As the Queen's Professor of Divinity in this University, I feel myself, out of duty to Her Majesty, and a just sense of my own liberty as an Englishman, obliged once more, and finally, to protest against the statute of May 1836, by which, under cover of an enactment for the good of the University, I have been deprived of certain rights attached to my office, without any legal grounds for such proceeding, either in the constitution of the University, or in the laws of the land-without precedent, and without even those forms of inquiry which the laws exact for the humblest individual.

"I do, accordingly, once more solemnly protest against that statute. I further

subjoin the reasons alleged on a former occasion against the nomination of select preachers under that statute, together with the opinion of counsel against its legality:

"1. Because that nomination has been made without my presence or concurrence; whereas by the statute establishing the select preachers, the Regius Professor of Divinity is constituted a member of the Board by which they are to be nominated.

"2. Because the statute of 1836, depriving the Regius Professor of Divinity of his place at that Board, is illegal, as transgressing the Royal Charter accepted by the University in 1836, and is also in violation of the oath by which members of the University are bound to the maintenance of that Charter.

"3. Because the rights of my office have been violently infringed by such a nomination.

"4. Because, if even it were in the power of the University to inflict a penalty on the Regius Professor of

Divinity, such penalty could not legally be inflicted except for misconduct in his office.

"5. Because a privilegium, or a law against an individual, is contrary to the principle of all law.

"6. Because it is my bounden duty to guard the prerogative of the Crown, so far as my office is concerned, from diminution or disrespect; and it is evident that the Queen's Majesty has been insulted in an insult to her Professor.

"R. D. HAMPDEN, "Regius Professor of Divinity." "Christ Church, Oxford, Nov. 28, 1838."

"We think the statute of 1836 is illegal, as violating the restrictions imposed by the Laudian Code, and as passed by the assumption and exercise of a power which has not been conceded to the University.

In Convocation, the sum of 5001. from the University chest, has been unanimously voted to the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, for the promotion of the objects of that Society.

In Convocation the names of the following gentlemen, who have been nominated to succeed to the office of Select Preacher, at Michaelmas next, submitted to the approbation of the House, were unanimously approved:

Rev. Philip Nicholas Shuttleworth, D.D. Warden of New College.

Rev. Lancelot Arthur Sharpe, B.D. Fellow of St. John's College.

Rev. Charles Abel Heurtley, B.D. Fellow of Corpus Christi College.

Rev. Charles Dayman, M.A. of Exeter College.

Rev. John Shuldham, M.A. Student of Christ Church.

The vacancy in the Professorship of English Law at University College, occasioned by the resignation of Mr. Lumley, has been filled up by the appointment of Mr. Peter Stafford Carey, of the Middle Temple. Mr. Carey is a Master of Arts of this University, having formerly been a Commoner of St. John's College: his name appears in the First Class of Literis Humanioribus, in Easter Term, 1825.

Philip Bury Duncan, Esq., M.A. the senior Fellow of New College, and Keeper

of the Ashmolean Museum, has presented thirty pounds to Trinity College, Dublin, to be given to the author (being a Graduate of that University) of the best Essay on "The Impediments to Knowledge created by Logomachy, or the Abuse of Words."

Charles Winser, Esq. M.A. of Wadham College, and Reginald Courtenay, Esq. M.A. of Magdalen Hall, have been called to the Degree of Barrister-at-Law, by the Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn.

BALLIOL COLLEGE.

E. C. Woolcombe, of Oriel College, W. C. Lake, J. C. Lonsdale, and B. Jowett, scholars of Balliol College, have been elected Fellows of that society; and C. E. Moberly and J. D. Coleridge, Scholars; and H. Parsons, G. H. Turner, and A. Hobhouse, Exhibitioners.

Balliol College is one of the earliest that was founded in Oxford. It consists of a Master (head of the College), 12 Fellows, 14 Scholars, and a considerable number of Exhibitioners; the latter receive sums of money annually to assist them to defray the expenses of an university course of instruction. This College has considerable church patronage, having two livings in Cornwall, one in Dorset, six in Essex, one in Huntingdonshire, two in London, one in Northumberland, and three in Somerset; these, as they become vacant, are offered to the senior fellow, who vacates his fellowship on accepting the benefice. This College enjoys the singular privilege of electing its own Visitor.

BRASENNOSE COLLEGE.

The Rev. John Arderne Ormerod, M.A. has been elected a Fellow of this society.

CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGE.

An election will be holden in the above College, on Friday, the 8th of February, of two Scholars-one for the county of Oxford, and one for the county of Glou

cester.

Candidates must be under 19 years of age on the day of election; and they will be required to present in person, to the President, certificates of the marriage of their parents, and of their own baptism; an affidavit of their parents, or some other competent person, stating the day and place of their birth; and testimonials from their College or School, together with Latin Epistles, at eleven o'clock on Saturday, the 2d of February.

EXETER COLLEGE.

At the election for a Vinerian Scholar, in the room of C. W. Faber, Bachelor of Civil Law, of University College (who had held the Scholarship for the time appointed by the statute,) T. H. Haddan, B.A., and Fellow of Exeter College, was unanimously chosen.

JESUS COLLEGE.

C.W.Heaton, and C. M. Skottowe, have been elected Scholars of Jesus College.

LINCOLN COLLEGE.

Messrs T. R. Green, of the Diocese of Durham, Commoner of Queen's College, and G. H. Fell, of the Diocese of Oxford, have been elected Lord Crewe's Exhibitioners.

ORIEL COLLEGE.

Mr. George Goodenough Hayter, of Brasennose College, and Mr. Theodore Joseph Prichard, have been elected Scholars of Oriel College.

ST. JOHN'S COLLEGE.

Mr. Charles Lempriere, Scholar of St. John's College, has been elected and admitted a Fellow, on the Law line, of this Society.

TRINITY COLLEGE.

Permission has been given to William Frederick White, Esq. M.A. of Trinity College, to commute the Degree of Master of Arts for that of Bachelor in Civil Law.

DEGREES CONFERRED.

DOCTOR IN DIVINITY.

The Rev. J. L. Richards, Rector of Exeter Coll.

BACHELORS IN CIVIL LAW.

J. L. R. Kettle, M.A. Fell. of Linc. Coll. Rev. G. F. Noad, Worcester Coll.

MASTERS OF ARTS.

Rev. T. Beames, Lincoln Coll.
Rev. J. H. Worsley, Demy of Magd. Coll.
Rev. G. Faussett, Demy of Magd. Coll.
Rev. J. Connell, Balliol Coll.

H. Carey, Oriel Coll.

T. Baden Powell, Exeter Coll.

E. H. Hansell, Demy of Magdalen Coll.
Rev. C. Brooksbank, Christ Church.
W. C. Buller, Fellow of Exeter Coll.
Rev. W.Whitehead, Fell.of Worcest. Coll.

BACHELORS OF ARTS.

A. Waddilove, Trinity Coll. grand comp.
D. W. Eaton, Exhibitioner of Linc. Coll.
G. F. Childe, Christ Church.
G. Bussell, Worcester Coll.
T. Brock, Oriel Coll.

S. F. Marshall, Wadham Coll.

T. Meyrick, Schol.of Corpus Christi Coll.
W. Dowding, Merton Coll.
W. R. Griffith, Jesus Coll.
C. B. Turner, Balliol Coll.

A. Robinson, Balliol Coll. grand comp.
H. W. Marychurch, St. Edmund Hall.
H. Meux, Christ Church.

C. A. Row, Scholar of Pembroke Coll.
E. Rawnsley, Brasennose Coll.
G. Lewis, Queen's Coll.
A. Mills, Balliol Coll.
J. Fuge, Magdalen Hall.
W. J. Newman, Oriel Coll.
C. G. Newcomb, Oriel Coll.
C. E. L. Wightman, Lincoln Coll.
J. Thompson, Lincoln Coll.
T. Atkinson, Lincoln Coll.
W. Fawcett, Lincoln Coll.

Barclay, J. Servitor of Christ Church. Lake, W. C. Scholar of Balliol Coll. Meyrick, T. Schol. of Corpus Christi Coll. Newman, W. J. Com. of Oriel Coll. Rigaud, S. J. Fellow of Exeter Coll. Trower, C. F. Scholar of Balliol Coll. CLASS II.

Ady, W. B. Com. of Exeter Coll. Brickdale, M. I. Student of Christ Ch. Chambers, T. K. Com. of Christ Church. Crawford, J. R. Scholar of Lincoln Coll. Hughes, W. H. Com. of Christ Church. Lloyd, H. W. Scholar of Jesus Coll. Moncrieff, G. R. Com. of Balliol Coll. Row, C. A. Scholar of Pembroke Coll. Vernon, G. E. H. Student of Christ Ch. Wickens, J. Com. of Christ Church.

CLASS III.

Barnes, W. Student of Christ Church. Bigge, H. J. Com. of University Coll.

Boodle, R. G. Com. of Oriel Coll.
Clayton, E. Student of Christ Church.
Denison, A. R. Com. of Christ Church.
Dowding, W. Clerk of Merton Coll.
Escott, H. S. Com. of Balliol Coll.
Fawcett, W. Com. of Lincoln Coll.
Fellowes, T. L. Com. of Christ Church.
Fuge, J. Com. of Magdalen Hall.
Holbech, C. W. Com. of Balliol Coll.
Lewis, G. T. Com. of Queen's Coll.
Liddell, Hon. A. F. O. Com. of Christ Ch.
Marshall, S. F. Com. of Wadham Coll.
Maule, J. B. Com. of Christ Church.
Mills, A. Com. of Balliol Coll.
Price, E. P. Com. of Lincoln Coll.
Rawnsley, E. Com. of Brasennose Coll.
Ross. C. S. Com. of Magdalen Hall.
Upton, W. J. Scholar of New Coll.
Wightman, C. E. L. Com. of Lincoln Coll.
CLASS IV.

Atkinson, T. Com. of Lincoln Coll.
Banister, W. Com. of Wadham Coll.
Barham, R. H. D., Com, of Oriel Coll.
Crofts, C., Com. of Magdaleu Hall.
Darnell, W.Exhib. of Corpus Christi Coll.
Lyons, R. B. P., Com. of Christ Church.
Newcomb, C. G., Com. of Oriel Coll.
Schreiber, J. E. L. Com. of Balliol Coll.

In Disciplinis Mathematicis et Physicis.
CLASS I.

Moncrieff, G. R. Com. of Balliol Coll.
Rigaud, S. J. Fellow of Exeter Coll.
CLASS II.

Brodie, B. C. Com. of Balliol Coll.
De Haviland, C. R. Com. of Oriel Coll.
CLASS III.

Crawford, J. R. Scholar of Lincoln Coll.
Fookes, W. Com. of Exeter Coll.
Gaussen, F. C. Com. of Christ Church.
CLASS IV.

Baines, G. Com. of Worcester Coll.
Brewster, W. Com. of Trinity Coll.
Long, W. Com. of Balliol Coll.
Morland, W. C. Com. of Christ Church.
Wollaston, C. B. Com. of Exeter Coll.

THE following Graces have passed the Senate :

To confirm the report of the Burwell Syndicate, respecting the Commutation of Tithes.

To confirm the report of the Syndicate, appointed the last congregation, to consider whether any and what steps should be taken for warming the Senatehouse.

The following are copies of the Reports:

"The Syndicate appointed Nov. 16, 1836, to take measures with a view to making a 'Voluntary Agreement' for the Commutation of the Tithes of the parish of Burwell, beg leave to recommend to the Senate that an offer be made by the University to the landowners to commute the tithes of the said parish for an annual rent-charge of 1,6504, subject to such variation as the Tithe Commutation Act directs.

"In determining the average value of the rates for the seven years preceding Christmas 1835, (which average value is included in the above sum of 1,650.) the Syndics have availed themselves of the assistance and advice of Mr. Utton.

"The Syndics have good reason to believe that the above offer, if made by the

University, will be accepted by the parish."

"The Syndicate appointed to consider whether any and what steps should be taken for warming the Senate.house, beg leave to recommend the acceptance of an offer made by Mr. Stephen Pryor, jun., to introduce two of Dr. Arnott's stoves during the time of the Examination for Degrees in January next, and to remove the apparatus when no longer wanted, for a sum (including all expenses) not exceeding eight guineas."

To authorize the payment of 1767. 19s. 10d. to the Plumian Professor, in conformity with the regulations adopted Feb. 27, 1829; the receipts of the Plumian Professorship in the last year having amounted to 3231. Os. 2d.

To affix the seal to a power of attorney to sell out 19,8221. 3 per cent. consols. being part of the accumulation of the Fitzwilliam Fund; and to authorize the Vice-Chancellor to invest in exchequer bills such portion of it as shall not be required for present exigencies.

To affix the seal to a power of attorney authorizing Mr. Martin Nockolds, of Saffron Walden, to act for the University in treating for a Commutation of the Tithes of Barton.

The Vice-Chancellor has issued the following notice :

I. The Most Noble Marquess Camden, Chancellor, being pleased to give annually a third gold medal for the encouragement of English Poetry, to such resident Undergraduate as shall compose the best Ode, or the best Poem in heroic verse: the subject for the present year is-Bannockburn.

N.B.-These exercises are to be sent in to the Vice-Chancellor on or before March 31, 1839; and are not to exceed 200 lines in length.

II. The Representatives in Parliament for this University being pleased to give annually,

(I) Two Prizes of fifteen guineas
each, for the encouragement of
Latin Prose Composition, to be
open to all Bachelors of Arts, with-
out distinction of years, who are not
of sufficient standing to take the
Degree of Master of Arts; and,
(2) Two other Prizes of fifteen guineas
each, to be open to all Under-
graduates, who shall have resided
not less than seven terms, at the
time when the exercises are to be
sent in;

The subjects for the present year are,

(1) For the BACHELORS, Quænam commoda Britannia percipiat ex coloniis transatlanticis.

(2) For the UNDERGRADUATES, Inter Antiquorum et Recentiorum eloquentiam comparatione facta, utri palma sit deferenda.

N.B.-The exercises are to be sent in on or before April 30, 1839.

III. Sir William Browne having bequeathed three gold medals, of the value

of five guineas each, to such resident Undergraduates as shall compose,

(1) The best GREEK ODE in imitation of Sappho;

(2) The best LATIN ODE in imitation of Horace;

(3.)

The best GREEK EPIGRAM after the model of the Anthologia; and

The best LATIN EPIGRAM after the model of Martial;

The subjects for the present year are, (1) For the GREEK ODE,-Zenobia. (2) For the LATIN ODE,-Curia Britannica flammis deperdita.

(3) For the GREEK EPIGRAM,—OUX ἑλκοποιά.

(4) For the LATIN EPIGRAM, Ylvetas τὰ σήματα.

N. B. The exercises are to be sent in on or before April 30, 1839. The Greek Ode is not to exceed twenty-five, and the Latin Ode thirty stanzas.

The Greek Öde may be accompanied by a literal Latin Prose Version.

IV. The PORSON PRIZE, is the interest of 4001. stock, to be annually employed in the purchase of one or more Greek books, to be given to such resident Undergraduate as shall make the best translation of a proposed passage in Shakspeare, Ben Jonson, Massinger, or Beaumont and Fletcher, into Greek verse. The subject for the present year is, SHAKSPEARE, HENRY VI. ACTII. Scene 5. Beginning-" The battle fares," And ending" How many years a mortal

man may live."

N. B.-The metre to be Tragicum Iambicum Trimetrum Acatalecticum. These exercises are to be accentuated, and accompanied by a literal Latin prose version, and are to be sent in on or before April 30, 1839.

The subject for the Seatonian Prize Poem for the present year is-Gideon.

All the above exercises are to be sent in to the Vice-Chancellor privately: each is to have some motto prefixed; and to be accompanied by a paper sealed up, with the same motto on the outside; which paper is to enclose another, folded up, having the Candidate's name and College written within. The papers containing the names of those Candidates who may not succeed, will be destroyed unopened. Any Candidate is at liberty to send in his exercise printed or lithographed. No Prize will be given to any Candidate who has not, at the time for sending in the exercises, resided one Term at the least.