The Press.
London, England, 1853-07-02 00:00:00

THE PRESS.

Messrs. Walter Waddington Shirley and Benjamin Biel:-
ley Rogers have been made actual fellows of Wadham
College ; Mr. Starling William Day, scholar, probationary
fellow; and Messrs. Charles John Powlett. from Marl-
borough School. and Robert Holdsworth Walker, from
'lepton School, scholar►.

Mr. Ricl►ani Corbett Patteoe, White's exhibitioner of
Magdalen Hall, has been elected fellow of Exeter College.
Mr. Joseph William Chitty and Mr. Richard M. Rowe,
probationary fellows. are admitted actual fellows.

CAMBRIPtiE.
The linniev Prize aw•anled annually to the Bachelor of
Arts who shall produce the best esssy on some moral or
u►etaphyskal subject, on the Existence Nstnre, and Attri-
butes of (Ind, or on the Truth and Evidence of the
Christian Religion," has been adjndged to Thomas White,
WA., St. John's College.

LONDON UNIVERSITY.
The following candidates have lately passed the exami-
nations for the degrees of Master of Arts and Bachelor of
Laws respectively :

MASTER OE ARTS.
etAgates—John Charles Addyea Seott (gold medal), Man-
chester (New) and University Colleges ; Rev. Thus. Clark, High-
bury College.
MATHEMATIC% AND NATURAL PHILOSOPHY Edward John
Routh (gold medal), University College; Win. Uurney, University
College; Edward Wyndham' Tani. University College.
Loon:. MORAL AND POLITIt AL PHILOSOPHY, POLITICAL I:CO.
NORY—ROIIL Win. Dale (gold modal). Spring•hill College ; Alfred
Daniel sprange, University College; Thos. Kinler, University
College.
131ClIELOR OF LAWS.

Ftnirr DIVISION—John Philip Green, University College;
George Yeildiug APMahon, Queen's University in Ireland; Caleb
Scott, Airedale College.
Szcomu I►rvtstor—Samuel Sharpe, Wesley College, Sheffield;
James Walter Smith, University of Oxford; Lint lireud Winter-
bothato, University College.

LANIPETER.—Some time since the Queen, acting on the
advice of her late Ministry, granted a charter to the Welsh
College of St. David's, Lumpeter, empowering the authori-
ties of that institution to confer the degree of Bachelor in
Divinity. Yesterday week (the '24th ult.), accordingly, the
first batch of graduates were admitted to that degree at a
Congregation held in the great hall of the college, whicl►
had been titted up us a senate-house for the occasion. The
examiners were Fellows of Oxford and Cambridge, ap•
pointed by the Vice-Chancellors of those Universities—
Mess►s. Harvey and Wilson, Oxon ; the Rev. L. Pritchard.
Cambridge. The following are the names of the graduates
admitted to the degree of 11.1►.:—Reverends Edward Arun•
dell Verity, incumbent of Haberghani, Lancashire; IValter
Griffiths, Vicar of Resolver, Glaminuanshire : John Stur-
key, Montgomery ; dames Douglas, ineumis•nt of Kinie.
muir, N. 8.; Samuel Danby, Halifax; Charles W. tirovi,s,
Newnham ; L►onard St. tietne, Semley, Wilts: James
11. Evans, Gloucester ; IL S. Desprey, Wolverhampton
John Ciunkerledge, vicar of Leighton ; John Davis, vicar
of Lantleloy ; David Price, chaplain of prison, lireeon
W illiam antes, vicar of Plymptolt,lhN4lll; Howell Prit eh ant,
Jamaica ; John Evans, rotor of (!riekhowel ; William
Hughes, incumbent of St. Devlin+, Liverpool ; John Owen,
curate of St. Clement Danes, London ; Isaac Bickel-staff,
West Bromley, Staffordshire : David Morgan, Nantyglii ;
Richard Lee, Lower Milton, Worcester; Rees Price, vicar
of Llaninties ; William Evans, vicar of Usk. The next
congregation will be held on St. Peter'n-day 18.51.

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