5. The three Electors conjointly shall be empowered to bestow, with the consent of the Trustees, presents of money or books (not exceeding the sum of £10) upon any unsuccessful Candidate whom they shall judge worthy of that distinction. 6. The mode of conducting the Examination shall be left entirely to the Electors. Besides an accurate and critical acquaintance with the original Scriptures of the Old Testament, the application of the knowledge of Hebrew to the illustration of the New, or to that of any portion of Theology, lies within the contemplation of the Founders. Since, moreover, a sound and extensive acquaintance with other Semitic tongues is very essential to the thorough understanding of Hebrew, and in other ways serviceable to the exposition of Holy Scripture, it is recommended that Candidates should be examined in as many of them as may be practicable. Nevertheless a Scholarship shall not be awarded to a Can didate, how well soever acquainted with any or all of the cognate dialects, unless he be also a proficient in Hebrew. 7. The Electors, on electing a Scholar, shall certify the election to the Vice-Chancellor, who shall cause it to be announced to the University by a paper affixed to the door of the Convocation House. X. That since, through the changes to which all human institutions are liable, an adherence to the letter of these Regulations may defeat the very object which the Founders have in view, the Trustees shall be at liberty (with the concurrence of the Founders or any one of them, during their or his life, and of Convocation at all times) to alter or dispense with any of these Regulations, (not even excepting the number of the Scholarships,) as may seem to them advantageous, provided that they never lose sight of the main object of the Foundation-the promotion of sound Theology through a solid and critical knowledge of Hebrew. ELECTIONS. CAMBRIDGE. Messrs. C. Pritchard and J. M. Herbert, Bachelors of Arts, have been elected Foundation Fellows of St. John's College. Francis Forster, Esq. B.A. of Catharine Hall, has been elected a Skirne Fellow of that society. Edward Howes, of Trinity College, and Henry Cotterill, of St. John's College, have been elected Bell's Scholars. PRIZES. The Chancellor's gold medals for the two best proficients in classical learning among the commencing Bachelors of Arts, have been adjudged to Edmund Law Lushington, and William Hepworth Thompson, both of Trinity College. GRACES. The following Graces have passed the Senate : 1. That the Syndics, appointed to procure a plan and estimate of expense for erecting a Museum and other Rooms, for the accommodation of the Professors of Chemistry and Anatomy, be authorized to expend a sum, not exceeding 2500., in the erection of suitable buildings for the above purpose, agreeably to the plan recommended in their report. 2. To continue until the end of next term the Syndicate appointed to reconsider the report dated February 15, 1831, relative to the mode of raising funds for the erection of a new library, &c. 3. To confirm the regulations recommended in the report of the Syndics appointed to consider whether any, and what, alterations can be made with advantage in the present mode of examining the Candidates for Mathematical Honours. The Syndics appointed to consider what steps should be taken in consequence of the difficulties which have arisen respecting the legal conveyance of the Old Printing House and other adjoining property, from the University to the Master and Fellows of Catharine Hall, have reported to the Senate:-"That they have not been able to make any arrangement, mutually satisfactory to the Master and Fellows of Catharine Hall and the Syndics, for the removal of those difficulties; and that the Master and Fellows of Catharine Hall have finally declined to complete the purchase." The Syndics appointed to confer with the Provost and Fellows of King's College, respecting the laying out of the ground in front of King's College and the Public Library, have reported to the Senate :"That, by the kindness of the Provost and Fellows of King's College, the plan on which they propose to lay out the ground in front of King's College, has been submitted to the inspection of the Syndics; and the Syndics regret that they cannot recommend to the University to make any arrangement for laying out the ground in front of the Public Library in conformity with that plan." Lancelot Shadwell, Fell. of St. John's Coll. BACHELOR IN CIVIL LAW. Rev. John Piercy, Catharine Hall. BACHELORS OF ARTS. Wilcox Lawrence, Trinity Coll. PREVIOUS EXAMINATION.-LENT TERM, 1832. Aspinall, R. Trin. Bailey, Trin. EXAMINERS. William Carus, M. A. Trinity College. Edward Baines, M. A. Christ College. George King, M. A. Corpus Christi College. FIRST CLASS. Bromehead, Caius Bull, Cath. Bunbury, Trin. Campbell, Trin. Carlyon, Emm. Carmichael, Trin. Awdry, Joh. Bailey, Cath. Coates, Joh. Birks, Trin. Cocker, Pet. Blackley, Joh, Cock, Trin. Bompas, Qu. Bowtell, Joh. Bramah, Trin. Bree, Qu. Broadwood, Tiin. Carter, Qu. Cookson, Joh. Cooper, Trin. H. Corfield, Chr. Cotterill, C. Joh. Coward, Qu. Foljambe, Clare Forster, G. Corpus Haygarth, Trin. PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. A meeting of the Philosophical Society was held on Monday evening, April 2, Professor Sedgwick, the president, being in the chair. Various presents were announced to the Society, among which was a box of British insects, presented by G. R. Waterhouse, Esq. It was announced that a new Part of the Transactions of the Society was ready for publication. A communication was read from J. P. Henslow, Esq. describing the habits of the two Hybrid pheasants (between the common pheasant and the bantam) presented by him to the Society; and another communication from Mr. R. Bushell, describing some peculiarities in the anatomy of these birds. Also the sequel of a memoir by the Rev. W. Brett, M. A. of Corpus, containing a theory of the changes of stars of periodically variable brightness. After the meeting, Professor Sedgwick gave an account, illustrated by sections, of the geloogical relations of the strata in the districts surrounding Cambridge. It was stated that the main escarpment of the chalk runs in a north-east direction to the south and east of Cambridge by Royston towards Newmarket: that beneath this is found a thin bed (never more than a foot or two thick) representing the upper green sand which may be seen in the brick-works at Castle-end, at Histon, and at some other places. Beneath this is found a thick bed of galt, which in this neighbourhood is not less than 150 or 200 feet deep; and which at Hunstanton cliff is represented by a few thin beds of red earth, sufficiently characterised, however, by its fossils. Beneath this again, occurs the lower green sand, which crosses the road from Cambridge to Ely, and on an outlier of which Ely and some of the neighbouring villages are situated. Below this sand is found a bed of clay (the Kimmeridge clay) of great thickness, and extending through a wide district, characterised, besides other fossils, by the deltoid oyster. Beneath the Kimmeridge clay is found the Oxford clay; the Portland rock and coral-rag, which in the south of England separate these two beds of clay, being in this county entirely absent, as appears by the borings of wells at Lynn, and by other artificial sections. It is remarkable that these calcareous beds, which thus thin out in advancing towards Cambridge from the south, reappear in proceeding to the north, and form a considerable stratum between the Kimmeridge and Oxford clays in Yorkshire. The phenomenon of the water obtained by boring in this district is explained by considering the inclined bed of sand below the galt as a reservoir of water, (rising at its outcrop above the level of Cambridge) which is tapped by perforating the superincumbent galt. The springs which appear in the vicinity were also shewn to arise from the water, which percolating downward through the chalk, is thrown out by the subjacent galt wherever the chalk leaves it uncovered. NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. We were imperatively called out of town while the inadvertent line alluded to by "the Authors," was in the press: and the friend to whose inspection we entrusted it, looked only to the typographical errors; otherwise the West India Planters may invariably consider us as their true and unchangeable friends. "C. M." will find a Communication from us as directed. The passages of Scripture of " Percunctator" and "Scrutator," are under review, and shall appear as soon as possible. We sincerely thank "Clericus Juvenis" for his polite Epistle. In many instances, we think, "Union is Strength," but the present seems to us to form an exception to the rule. "X." has been received." Annual Reports" in our next. THE CHRISTIAN REMEMBRANCER. JUNE, 1832. REVIEW OF NEW PUBLICATIONS. ART. I.-1. The Bible Society Question, in its Principle and its Details, considered. By the Rev. SAMUEL CHARLES WILKS, M. A. 8vo. Pp. 144. London: Cochran and Key; and J. Hatchard and Son. 1832. 2. The Bible Society: its Constitution impartially considered. By a CLERICAL MEMBER OF THE SOCIETY. 8vo. Pp. 26. London: Cochran and Key; Hatchard and Son; Holdsworth and Ball; Seeley and Sons; and Duncan. 1832. 3. Reply to a Letter from the Rev. A. Brandram, M. A. By T. PELL PLATT, ESQ. F.A.S., Honorary Librarian to the British and Foreign Bible Society. 8vo. Pp. 24. London: Seeley and Sons. 1831. 4. Facts respecting certain Versions of the Holy Scripture published by the British and Foreign Bible Society. By T. PELL PLATT, ESQ. F.A.S. 8vo. Pp. 40. London: Hatchard and Son; Seeley and Sons; Cochran and Key; and Holdsworth and Ball. 1831. 5. Sundry Tracts. THE theological and religious world may occasionally suppose they have ground to complain of our tardiness, because we do not notice every subject of predominating occasional interest, as early as some of our contemporaries. We endeavour to compensate this deficiency (if such it should appear) by bestowing on such matters the reflection, and educing the information, which time and study alone will permit us to do. It is now a twelvemonth since a remarkable æra commenced in the history of the Bible Society; the question which has agitated that association has rung through almost every species of periodical,newspapers not excepted. But the CHRISTIAN REMEMBRANCER has been silent on the subject. Would we have our readers infer an absence of interest on the part of the conductors of this publication? By no means and even if we were not disposed to take any very considerable interest in the question, we should conceive the public entitled |