Graces to the following effect have passed the senate

To appoint Mr. Graham, of Jesus College, and Mr. Jackson, of St. John's College, Classical Examiners of the Questionists who are not Candidates for Honors.

To appoint Mr. Gibson, of Sidney, Mr. Martin, of St. John's, Mr. Soames, of Trinity, and Mr. Field, of Trinity, Examiners for the Classical Tripos in 1833.

To appoint Mr. Fendall, of Jesus, Mr. Keeling, of St. John's, Mr. Joseph Watkins Barnes, of Trinity, and Mr. Currie, of Pembroke, Examiners of the Previous Examination in Lent Term, 1833.

To appoint Mr. Martin, of Trinity, Mr. Murphy, of Caius, Mr. Garnons, of Sidney, Mr. Tinkler, of Corpus Christi, Professor Henslow, of St. John's, and Mr. Yate, of St. John's, Examiners of the Questionists in January, 1833.

At a meeting of the Observatory Syndicate it was stated, that at a sale of certain property at Balsham, a short time previous, a lot, consisting of two inclosures of arable land, was purchased by Mr. E. M. Smith, who found it to be situate very near the Plumian Homestall, and nearly surrounded

by the land belonging to that estate. Mr. Smith, therefore, purchased the lot, under an impression that the university might deem it a desirable addition to the Plumian estate. The Syndicate agreed that it was highly desirable that the lot should be purchased as a permanent addition to the Plumian estate, and a grace has passed the Senate, agreeing to grant the necessary sum to the Plumian Trustees from the common chest.

DEGREES CONFERRED.

BACHELORS IN DIVINITY. The Rev. Thomas Webster, of Queen's College, vicar of Oakington, in this county. Rev. Charles Davies, St. John's Coll.

HONORARY MASTERS OF ARTS.

Thomas Spring Rice, Trinity Coll. Hon. Robert Devereux, Downing Coll.

MASTERS OF ARTS.

Rev. Rich. Bond, Corpus Christi Coll.
Rev. Weedon Butler, Trinity Coll.
Robert Buckley, St. Peter's Coll.
Rev. W. Sidgwick, Trinity Coll.
Rev. James Wollen, St. John's Coll.
Rev. Wm. Jas. Dampier, St. John's Coll.
BACHELOR IN CIVIL LAW.
Rev. H. J. Williams, St. John's Coll.
BACHELOR IN PHYSIC.

George Shann, Trinity Coll.

BACHELORS OF ARTS.

William Hodgson, Queen's Coll.
John Crosby Umpleby, Queen's Coll.
Arthur Brooking, Trinity Coll.
Gregory Bateman, Trinity Coll.
William Purdon, St. John's Coll.
Robert Thorley Bolton, Clare Hall.
Donatus L. Hotchkin, St. John's Coll.
Edward Nettleship, Corpus Christi Coll.
Thomas Allbut, Catharine Hall.
William Rogers, Catharine Hall.

The Rev. Henry Parsons, M.A. of Balliol College, Oxford, has been incorporated a member of this University.

Thomas Penruddocke Michell, of Merton College, Oxford, has been incorporated Master of Arts of Downing College in this University.

A meeting of the Philosophical Society was held on Monday evening, Nov. 12, Professor Sedgwick, the president, being in the chair. A number of presents made to the society were noticed; among which were stuffed specimens of the Guillemot, Puffin, and Razor-bill, presented by R. W. Rothman, Esq., Fellow of Trinity College; Celtic weapons found in Ireland, presented by the Rev. R. Murphy, Fellow of Caius College; recent parts of the transactions of the Royal Societies of London and Edinburgh, the Royal Asiatic

Society, the American Philosophical Society, the Societies of Brussels, and of Geneva; also several works presented by individuals. A communication by Mr. Green was laid before the Society, on the laws of the equilibrium of fluids analogous to the electric fluid; and a memoir by Augustus de Morgan, Esq., of Trinity College, on the general equation of surfaces of the second order. After the meeting, Professor Henslow gave an account of various observations of Geology and Natural History made in the course of a residence at Weymouth during the past summer; noticing especially the burning cliff, the "dirt-bed" among the strata, the remains of fossil trees in a vertical position, and the various "faults," dislocations, and contortions, in the position of the strata. This account was illustrated by numerous diagrams and coloured drawings.

The following is an abstract of the laws and regulations of the Cambridge Philosophical Society, prescribed by the new charter :

1. That the Society consist of such Graduates of the University as are now Fellows, or shall at any time hereafter become Fellows thereof, agreeably to the bye-laws of the Society.

2. That his Royal Highness, William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester, Chancellor of the University, be Patron of the Society.

3. That his Royal Highness, Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex, the Right Hon. Philip, Earl of Hardwicke, High Steward of the University, and the Vicechancellor of the said University, be VicePatrons.

4. That there always be a Council to manage the concerns of the body corporate, and that the said Council consist of a president, three vice-presidents, one treasurer, not more than three secretaries, and not more than twelve, and less than seven other Fellows, to be elected out of the Fellows of the said body corporate.

5. That general meetings of the body corporate be held once in the year, or

oftener, for the purpose of electing the officers and Council of the Society, and determining the period of their continuance in office, of enacting such bye-laws as seem useful and necessary for the regulation of the said body corporate-of fixing the days on which the ordinary meetings of the Society shall be held-of determining the mode in which Fellows and Honorary Members shall be elected, admitted, or expelled-and of managing the affairs of the said body corporate.

6. That the Fellow who has filled the office of President for two successive years, shall not be again eligible to the same situation until the expiration of one year from the termination of his office.

7. That it be lawful at the General Meetings of the body corporate to alter or revoke former bye-laws, and to make such new bye-laws as they shall think good and expedient.

8. That no such General Meeting shall (without the consent of the Council) have the power of altering or repealing any bye-laws, or making any new one, unless the Fellow or Fellows of the Society, desirous of altering or repealing any bye law, or of making any new one, shall have given to the Council one month's previous notice of such his or their intention.

9. That no bye law shall on any pretence whatsoever be made in opposition to the true intent of the charter, the laws of the realm, or the statutes of the university of Cambridge.

10. That the Council (in conformity with the charter and bye laws of the Society) have the sole management of the funds and affairs of the Society, and do all such acts as shall appear to them necessary to carry into effect the objects and views of the body corporate.

11. That the whole property of the body corporate be vested in the Fellows thereof: but that no disposition of any lands, tenements, or hereditaments belonging to the said body corporate, be made, except with the approbation and concurrence of a general meeting.