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London, England, 1853-12-10 00:00:00

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ME GLEE): ritonstion has given notice that the subject
of his tint course of lectures will be the Gorgiss and
Theatettts of Plato. The lectures will commence to the
Bth of February next.
Tnr. EXAMINATION FON MATHEMATICAL Hoseras coin•
invitees on Tuesday, Jan. 3. There are a hundred and betty
four candidates. The examiners are :—C. F. Blacket sic,
M.A., Coins College; I'. Frost, M.A., St. John's Collt 6e;
W. Walton, M.A., Minty College ; J. Wolsteuhohne, M.A.,
Christ's College.
THE I'ROISUECTII4 OF A NEW CLASSICAL JOURNAL, to be
published terminally at Cambridge, and edited by a coin-
wimp of resident numbers of the University, was issued
on Tuesday last. The first number is to appear on the Ist
of March.

The following degrees have been Conferred
9f..l.—Jolty► White, Clare Hall; Robert John Shupe,
Catherine Hall (compotuider) ; Frederick Thorpe, Eni-
mantle' College.
Cislner, Caine College; George Richiud
Withington, Trinity Hall.
/1-I.—Thounui Chenery, Caius College; Henry Fortey,
Jesus College.
Hobert James 3l'iilwe, of Trinity College, Dublin,
is admitted ad tanden►.

DECEMBER 10, 1853..

1. WITH IREolkly To STUMEs. EXAMINATIONS, PatzEs.
Aso SCHOLAKSHIPS.—The board decide that things should
I•es left precisely as they are. They refuse to allow any
part of the students' time to be devoted to to elementary
professional course. They refuse to institute a University
matriculation, and the only alteration of oily ttoportouee
to which they consent is the proposition to hold the exa-
minations, as far as possiltie.in vacation. There are some
changes with regard to Vetiver:My scholrships. .k.e.
11. letse irt.m.—The report pt.:Tose:: to abolish pro.
missory oaths to observe Unirerxily stallite4. It retnins
the distinction of gentlemen conuuouora. Oil the ilOpilirt
,ant subject of extravagemee and debt, the authors of the
report coneur in the obserrat • of the. Coutmiseeione•re, ;
but they have no practical measure at present to propose.
Tie; tOlggest. of the Commissioners, that parliament
should be' applied to for an act to limit credit at the
%unity, is lwtore the University counsel, but their answer
has hut yet been received. It is proposed, in accord:owe
with the recoinmentlation of thet'ommissitin, to assinO•

Into the practice and fees of the Vice-Chancellor's Conti to
those of the county courts, and to throw it open to all pro.
fessional "lemmas.
111. l7Nlytitsrry ExrENsios.—Privsfe lodging-houses
and private halls are rejected. Nally affiliated to the ex-
isting colleges are approved. And it is mem ttttt ended thy
the majority of the committee) that the Universill sl ll
vote 111,0110 L, to found au "independent " hail for NI
poor students; the grunt to he united with ‘oholaney con.
triluithanc

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Sections IN. and V. contain some suggestions regarding
the University revenues, accounts. libraries, and muse
VI. I'itOrESSIIItS ANP TEM. 11Elcs.—The report prolsoses
some professors of raddern (triton's' languanws, 81111 11.:Irti•
elderly a professorship of Chino... Some alterations in
detail are suggested with refill-nee to the mode of election
and stipends of some of the existing chairs. All applies.
tion of college funds to the 'imposes of University instine
tnm is condemned. Of the University or professorial
system of instruction generally, which the et) 11111 l issioners
recommend ill contradistinction to the exclushe eullegiatio
or tutorial system, it is said that " it tends to substitnte
information fOr education, and xciolisw for religion." It
is proposed to give professors some voice in the attectiou
of their own studies, by including them in eon 111 l itnies of
the hebdomadal board for thud special purisose.
V 11. CoNSTITUTION.—The ttli
left as it is, in the absolute nomination of the Chancellor,
and confined to the "leads of Houses. Tlw proctors are
to he elected for two yea's, instead of one, one going out
at the end of each year. In other respects, their office Is
to remain much as it is.
All plans tending to supersede, or oen materially to
alter, the powers or constitution of the hebdomadal Isoara,
such as the " congregation" of the C ' ' ors, are
rrjected. Two plans of utufklicolion am, however, 'opposed.
lif these, the scheme which was apprioved by the majority
of the committee recommends the addition of eight mem-
bers of Convocation, elected annually, to the hebdomadal
lam-do—two of the eight persona retiring, and their places
being supplied moll year. No power of amendment is to
be given to Convocation, but an interval is to be allowed
alter the first promulgation of important messures, during
which individual members of Convocation may send in
snggestions " to the hebdomadal borml.
VIII. STATITTEs.—It is decided that, in spite of all
opinions to the contrary, the University has undoubted
power to alter the Landian code. But power to alter the
three Caroline statutes, which are supposed to lest on 11
different foundation, is to be sought from the Crown,
The last den ',ages of the renal are devoted to the
etilliveg. The Commissioners admit that the 111011 e iii
which they applied for evidence was ealcolated to lead per-
-11.01114 to suppose that they did not intend to go into this
poi of the subject. They have, however, leeched sow.
evidence on the colleges, lint of a very partial Lind ; and
they have gone into certain portions of the subject, but iu
a very partial manner.
The tone of the report ix throughout strongly hostile to
the Cotmnissionerm, whose (guidon'. and accuracy it ituo
peaches in stroll; norms.

TIIE Jinx. HENRY liEolt(iE Hewitt') Secretary of
Legation at Vienna, has been appointed Secretary of
Entbassy at Paris, in the room of the Hon. 6. Staf-
ford .lerningbant, now her Majesty's representative nt
the Court of Sweden. . . .

THE ELECTiIIc TELEI.RAVII is now extended to
4)sherne, the marine residence of her Majesty in the
'lsle of Wight, and telegraphic messages to and from
London and Osborne are transmitted whenever
necessary.
AN ENTENS4VE SALE OF Ltrtnxur Pnocrurr, Cum-
prising nearly half a million volumes, and the copy-
rights and stereotype plates of numerous illustrated
rind other popular works, was completed on Tuesday
by Mr. Hodgson, of Fleet street. The following may
be classed among the most important :—Knight's
Pictorial Museum of Animated Nature, 2 vols. folio.
1.01)0 parts and 11,000 numbers, with copyright and
stereotype plates, sold for 600/. The Pictorial Gal-
lery of Arts, also Knight's, 2 vols. folio, stock, copy-
right, and plates, brought s3O/. The stock, copy-
right, and plates of Kitto's Pictorial Sunday rook
were knocked down at 5410?.; ditto of Pictorial Ball-
mars, 4 vols., 1051. The stereotype plates of Mr.
Knight's shnkspeare sold for 324 g., and those of
South's Household Surgery for 2101. The copy•
right and plates of some of the most popular of
Knight's shilling volumes were disposed of at the
same sale, and realised a good market price. The
copyright of " How to Observe" was sold for 2/. Ins.
The sale attracted a very general attendance of the
trade.

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