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Easter Examination, as advertised last year.

6. Sixty-four Guineas were allotted for the institution of an Evening Lecture, to be called the Curate's Lecture, and to be delivered on Wednesday evenings, in two principal places in each Archdeaconry, during the months of May, June, July, and August, and perhaps September. This Lecture is instituted for the benefit of the poor who cannot read.

7. The Premium for the Cursal Sermons, and the Eight Easter Sermons to be continued as last year. A copy of the Easter Sermons to be delivered to the Rev. Mr. Barker, Vicarage, Carmarthen, on or before the day of the Anniversary. Meeting.

The Rev. Mr. Howes of Norwich is about to publish a Con tinuation of his Critical Observations on Ancient and Modern Books, containing the true State of the History and Chronology of the Empire of the Medes, from the Dissolution of the Assyrian Empire, down to the Foundation of that of Persia by Cyrus, amounting to two hun dred and fifty six years, and proving from the contemporary existence, coincidence of dates, reigns and other circumstances, that the six Assyrian kings mentioned in Scripture, were the same persons with the first six kings of the Medes, enumerated by Ctesias, though under different names, as given to them by

the Persians on the east of Baby. lon, from those ascribed to them by the Syrians and Jews on the east of that country, agreeably to a print given by Dr. Prideaux, as appears by the harmonious testimonies of Polyhistor, Herodotus, æra of Nabonasser, Eusebius, and Scripture, when compared with the account of Ctesias, as abridged by Diodorus.

Mr. Middleton's Doctrine of the Greek Article, applied to the Criticism and Illustration of the New Testament, will be ready for publication the first week of the new year.

The Strabo of the late Mr. Falconer is nearly ready for pub lication at Oxford. It makes two falio volumes with maps.

The Cambridge press is at present engaged in printing the Tragedies of Sophocles, after the last edition of Brunck.

The Rev. Mr. Agutter, Chaplain and Secretary of the Asylum for Female Orphans, has in the press a volume of Sermons, many of which were preached before the University of Oxford.

Mr. Parkinson has nearly ready for publication, the second volume of his work on the Or ganic Remains of the former World.

Two more volumes of Mr. Beloe's Anecdotes of Literature and Scarce Books, are ready for the press:

Considerable progress is made in the new edition of Mr. Todd's Milton.

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UNIVERSITY INTELLIGENCE, AND

CHURCH PREFERMENTS.

OXFORD, Nov. 24. HE Rev. Thomas Stephens, B. C. L. of Magdalen Hall, was admitted Doctor in that faculty, Grand Compound

er.

Thomas Linwood Strong, Esq. of Oriel College, Grand Compounder, and Mr. William Rayer of Trinity College, were admitted Bachelors of Arts.

Nov. 28. Frederick Thomas Harvey Foster, Esq. B. A. of Christ Church has been admitted M. A. Grand Compounder; and Mr. Henry Knightley of the same college, is admitted to the degree of B. A.

A convocation was this day held, in which the following gentlemen, who have been appointed to succeed those of the public preachers who will go out at Michaelmas next, were approved of by the house, viz.

Rev. Phineas Pett, D. D. Principal of St. Mary Hall,

Rev. Edward Nares, M. A. of Merton College.

Rev. John Dean, M. A. of Brasenose College.

Rev. William Nicholas Dar nell, M. A. of Corpus Christi College.

Rev. John Mullins, M. A. of Exeter College.

Dec. 3. The Rev. George Shepherd, M. A. of University College, is admitted B. D. Mess. George Dixwell Grimes, and Thomas Duffield of Merton

College; the HonourableGeorge Charles Agar, the Rev. Hugh Chambres Jones, and John Mat thias Turner of Christ Church, Rev. Joseph Jones of Jesus College, Rev. Henry Milton, and Charles Williams of University College, Bachelors of Arts are admitted M. A.

Messrs. Henry William Carter of Oriel College, John Froyster Grantham of Exeter College, and George Hunt of University College to the degree of B. A.

4. John Church and Wil liam Broderick, Esqrs. of Uni versity College are admitted Bachelors of Arts Grand Compounders.

Mr. Bernard Smith is chosen Fellow of New College.

10. The Rev. William Inner Baker of New College, is admitted Bachelor in Civil Law. The Rev. Charles Crane of Magdalen Hall, Mr. Frederick Augustus Lawrence of Queen's College, Rev. Henry Penny of Oriel College, Rev. Thomas Broadhurst of Lincoln College, Rev. Edward Cook Forward of Wadham College, Bachelors of Arts, are admitted M. A.

Mr. William James of Oriel College is admitted to the degree of B. A.

11. This day in full conve cation, the University Seal was affixed to a letter of thanks to His Grace the Duke of Marlborough, for his present of the

Cartoons of Raphael, by Sir James Thornhill. At the same

time it was resolved that the sum of 3001. be given from the University chest in aid of the fund for the support of the regiment of loyal Oxford volunteers.

17. This being the last day of Michaelmas Term, the Rev. John Burges, M. A. of St. John's College, was admitted to the degree of B. D.

Mr. William Russell Oldnall of Christ Church, Rev. Henry Booth Hibbert of Queen's College, and the Rev. Joseph Benson of St. Edmund's Hall, Ba-. chelors of Arts, are admitted M. A.

Thomas William Heber, Esq. of Brasenose College is elected a Fellow of that Society.

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19. The following subjects are proposed for the Chancellor's prizes for the year ensuing. For Latin Verses For an English Essay Hereditary Rank.

Delphi

The Vice-chancellor has received a donation of 201. to be given to the author of the first composition in English verse, on the subject of Mahomet.

The first and last of the above subjects are intended for those gentlemen of the University who have not exceeded four years from the time of their matriculation and the other for such as have exceeded four, hut not completed seven years. The exercises are to be sent under a sealed cover to the Registrar of the University on or before, the 9th of May, 1808, none will be received after that day. The author is required to conceal his name, and to distinguish his composition by what motto

he pleases; sending at the same time his name sealed up under another cover, with the same motto inscribed upon it. The exercises to which the prizes shall be adjudged, are to be recited (after a previous rehearsal} in the theatre upon the commemoration day, immediately after the Crewian oration.

CAMBRIDGE, Nov. 27. The subject of the Norrisian prize Essay for the present year is Public Worship.

Lord Lowther and the hon. Charles Frederic Powlett Towns hend of Trinity College, were admitted honorary Masters of Arts..

The Rev. Andrew.Hamilton of Pembroke-hall, is admitted Master of Arts; and Edward Percival, Esq. of Peterhouse, Bachelor in Medicine.

Mr. George Broadrick, B. A. of Jesus College, is chosen a Fellow of that Society.

Dec. 17. Mr. George Pierce' Richards, and Mr. James Ber nard Camplin, of King's Col lege, have been admitted Fellows of that house.

19. Mr. Nollekins is the artist appointed to execute the statue of Mr. Pitt for this university.

Edward Knight, Esq. of Emmanuel College, has been admitted to the degree of Bachelor in Medicine.

John Gordon, Esq. of St. John's College; Mr. John Sell, of Magdalen College, and Geo. Lowther Thomson, Esq. of Trinity College, are admitted B. A.

Mr. Stalford Canning, a scholar on the foundation of King's College, has been chosen a Fel

pow-commoner of that Society.. Mr. Robert Ekins, and Mr. William Johnson Yonge, are also elected Fellows of the same house.

Mr. Norgate, jun. of King's College, is elected a Medical Student on the foundation of Christopher Tancred, Esq.

The Rev. Dr. Zouch having declined accepting the Bishopric of Carlisle, that dignity has been conferred on Dr. Goodenough, Dean of Rochester.

The Rev. Dr. Dowdeswell is preferred to the Canonry of Christ Church, in the room of Dr. Vernon late Bishop of Carlisle, now Archbishop of York.

Rev. Edw Morshead. M. A. of Exeter College, Chaplain to the Prince of Wales, has been presented by Sir A. O. Moles worth, to the Rectory of Beaworthy in Devonshire void by the death of William Tickell, Clerk.

The Rev. Christopher Bethell, M. A. Fellow of King's College, is presented to the Living of Kirkby Wiske, in York

shire, vacated by the death of the Rev. Matthew Raine.

The Hon, and Rev. Thomas De Grey, Rector of Fawley in Hampshire, is presented to the Archdeaconry of Winchester, with the Rectory of Colborne, in the Isle of Wight, worth 8007. a year.

The Rev. Charles Freeman Millard has been instituted to the Vicarage of Henley in Nor folk, on the presentation of the Dean and Chapter of Norwich.

The Rev. Ozias Thurston Lindley has been instituted to the Vicarage of Stoke Holy Cross, in Norfolk; and the Rev. Charles John Smith, to the Curacy of St. John Timberhill, on the same presentation.

The Rev. C. Rigby, M. A. of Wadham College, Oxford, and Rector of Ringmore, has been presented by the Dean and Chapter of Windsor, to the Vicarage of Ipplepen, Devon.

The Rev. J. Radcliffe, Chaplain of New College, Oxford, is. appointed one of the Minor Canons of Canterbury Cathedral.

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Monthly Obituary.

The Rev. T. BRYDGES, (Concluded from page 400.) VERY one, who is conversant with the world, must have observed the unaccountable whims, on which the judgment of a large mass of the people is dependent, Circumstances which appear trifles too

light to be noticed by one man, operate like conviction on another. Prejudices, which are treated with just scorn by the sound, and honest mind, have the force of certainty with the thoughtless and weak. Cunning men, who are interested to mislead, know too well what use to

Vol. XIII. Churchm. Mag. for December 1807.

make of this imperfection. The Claimant, however, thinking it unnecessary to satisfy all the nonsense of extrajudicial misconception and false rumour, was advised to rest his case on the basis of having fulfilled the proofs required by the Law. His friends and advisers thought, and still think, those proofs were such as would ha e entitled him to a direction from a Judge at Nisi Prius to a Jury, to find a verdict for him, in a trial for estates. His opponents, by thir. teen years of unexampled industry, and equally unexampled modes of proceeding, did every thing to create prejudices; and then pleaded these prejudices as reasons for abandoning all the general rules of evidence. The cause, at last, became complicated, by these means, with so much puzzling aud irrelevant matter, as to confound common minds, and to perplex even men of business who had not much leisure to spare for it. The Evidence extended to a Folio Volume; and on the day of decision, some of the leading speeches betrayed a misapprehension of essential and admitted facts. Never was necessity of prescribed and settled rules more' apparent: every thing was thrown into the wide sea of private opinion, and every thing was confusion. To throw aside the sentiments of those whose habits of mind do not qualify them to judge at all, we may observe, that what convinces the Herald, the Lawyer rejects with scorn; and on the contrary, the Lawyer considers as satisfactory proof,

what the Herald has little regard for. But woe again to those, who are thus at the mercy of every one's judgment!! The winds and waves are more certain! And Heralds must excuse us, when we say, that the judgments of many of them are built on the weakest of all data! They mistake their fiats for law. Mr. Brydges married the daugh'ter of the late Richard Fairfield, esq. of Berners-street; but has left no issue. Two brothers survive him; of whom the eldest has seven sons; but whether he will again choose to submit his rights to so expensive and dilatory a tribunal, Time must dis cover. Mr. B. was maternally descended from the noble families of Egerton, Cavendish, Stanley, Clifford, Brandon, &c.

At Amsterdam, generally regretted, esteemed, and beloved, after a few days illness, in the 54th year of his age, the Rev. Joshua Jeans, D. D. Minister of the English Episcopal Church in that city, rector of Sheviac in Cornwall, and chaplain to the Duke of York. He has left a widow and one daughter to lament his death. The brilliant talents and amiable disposition of Dr. Jeans will long live in the remembrance of his contem poraries at Winchester college, and at Queen's college, Oxford, where he entered as a commoner, on relinquishing his claim to a scholarship of New college, at the request of the Visitor, to whom he had ap

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* The Bishop of Winchester, at that time Dr. John Thomas.

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