The Express.
London, England, 1852-12-18 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL.

Oxvonn, DEc. 17.—1 n a congregation holden thin
morning, being the last day of Michaelmas term, the kg.
lowing degrees were conferred—viz.: Master of Arts—lice,
James Leyeester Balfour, Queen's College; Bulimia
North !trick ley Batty, S. John'. College; Key. John have.
Jesus College; Ker. Matthew Welkin Dews, Chit
Church ; James Alexander Guthrie and the Ito/. Fr -dendt
Thomas Batchelor, Wadham College; Lrwen Tugwell, St,
Edmund Hall; Hey. ltobert Hale Witherby, Exeter Col-
lege. Bachelor of Arts—Henry Matthews, Queen's Col-
lege ; Frederick North, Charles Allan Dickens, John
liam Church, Francis Hutchinson, end John Edward Mor.
gen, University College; William Henry Stone (Scholar),
Arthur Wellesley Peel, Arthur George %V.t.cui, Ednard
Parry, Miles M'lnnes, and John liceskyno Abrahall,
College; John Jackson Manley, Exeter College; Willows
Tuckuell (Fellow), New College; Thumas Jamiren
Byrnes (Scholar), Robert Scott Illatdowell, George Bond,
Lewis Woodward Lewis, and William Yates (Scholar),
Lincoln College ; Kenrick Present (Scholar), ltubert Spid.
ding Wilson (Scholar), and William Kenneth Macrorie,
Brosenos* College; Thomas Itussell and Lancelot Thom,*
Walton, St. John'. ; WilliarofJefferye Hills, Jests
College ; Edward Lewis Lucy Shewell, ‘Vadliam
William Charles Macfarlane and William Allan Russell
(Scholar), Magdalen Ha I.
CAMBRIDGE, Dv.c. 17.—1. Ilia Royal Highness
the Prince Albert, Chancellor of the University, heat
pleased to give annually a gold medal, fur the encourage.
mcnt of English poetry, the Vice.Clisneellor gives notice
that the prize will be given this year to such resident ends/.
graduate as shall compose the hest poem on Wishner
N.B. The exercises are to b. sent in to the Vice-Chanctilor
on er before March 30,1b53, and are not to exceed 200 lines
in length.
11. The Most Noble the Marquis Camden being pleased
to give annually a gold medal as a prize for the beat exercise
in Latin Hexameter Verse, the Viee Chancellor gives coop
that the subject for the present year is Australia. N.ll,
The exercises are to he sent in to the Vice•Chencellor on at
before March 30, 18.53, and are not to excel d iOO lines is
length. All undergisiluatis who shall have ',sided not
less than tyro terms hefore the day on which the exercises
must be sent in, or who chili At least be then in the coon
of their second term of residence, may be candidates Er this
medal.
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111. The representatives in parliament for this university
being pleased to give annually-1. Two prizcs, et fifteen
guineas each, for the encouragement of Lititz prose coupes
eition, to be open to all Bachelor, of Ar'., without dines
tine of years, who are not of sufficient standing to take the
degree of Master of Arts ; 2. And two other prizes of fifteen
guineas each, to be open to all undergraduates who 'ball
have resided not less than seven terms at the time when the
exercises are to be sent in. The subj. eta for the present
year are : —l. (For the bachelors) Quatenus noble veteres ie
ooloniis deduesndis exemplum quad imitemur iebquerint I
' 2. (For the Undergraduates) I..trurn ex gloriie cupulice, en
ex honest.) ergo rempublieam studio, mogul plerumque et
heroics facts oriantur ? NB. The exercises are to be sent
in on or before April 33, 18.53.
IV. Sir William Browne having bequeathed Three Gold
Medals of the value of five guineas each, to such resident
undergraduates as shall comprise—l. The best Greek ode in
imitation of Sappho ' • 2. The best Latin ode in imitation
of Bence •, 3. The best Greek epigram alter the model of
the A nthologia, and the best Latin epigram after the model
of Martial—the subjects for the present year are: I. For
the Greek Ode, (Ettone. 2. For the Latin Ode, Fauns
magni Dacia in rdibus Sancti l'auli etlehratura. 3. For
the Greek Epigram, arts rapt air crier de mitAAou, eimv4ir
Tarr. 1. For the Latin Epigram, Inopem me copia feet.
N.B. The exercises see to be sent in or before April 31,
1853. The Greek Ode is not to exceed twenty-fire, nor the
Latin Ode thirty stanzas. The Greek Ode must be wow
panied by a literal Latin prose version.
V. The Person l'rize is the interest of 400 i. sock, to be
annually employed in the purchase of ono or more Greek
books, to be given to such resident undergraduate as shall
make the best translation of a proposed passage in Shale.
peace, Ben Jenson, Messinger, or Beaumont and Fletcher,
into Greek verse. The subject for the present year is. Iles
Jonson, "The New Inn," Act IV., Scene 3—" So help roe
Love, and my good sword at need," to the words. "When
reason can do the same things, or more." N.B. The metre
to be tragic= trochaicum tetrametrum catalecticum. Them
exercises are to be accentuated and accompanied by a literal
Latin prose version, and are to be sent in or before March
30, 1853.

,21.8. All the above exercises are to be sent in to the
`toe-Chancellor privately : CJCiI if to have some motto pre-
fixed ; aad to be accompanied by a paper staled op, with
the same motto on the outside ; which paper is to enclose
another, folded up, having the candidate's mime and college
written within. The papers containing the names of thwe
candidates, who may mot succeed, will be destroyed un-
opened. Any candidate is at liberty to send in his exercise
printed or lithographed. No prize will be given to any
candidate who has not, at the time of sending in the exer-
cises, resided one term at the least.

J. Pct.Ltmo, Vice•CEucellor.

CORPUS CHRISTI COLLEGE, CAYIRIDOE.—QI'IS•
CINTCNA o COMMEMORATION.—The celebration of the
five•hundredth anniversary of the found►tion of this society
took place on Thursday evening, Dec. 16, and was shun'
tensed by the festivities usual on similar occasion. Of
these (as far u Cambridge is concerned) there have only
i been three precedents in the present itineration, nantey,
Pembroke, Cahn, and Trinity Hall. The nest in order of
precedence is King's College, founded 1441. At as o'clock
the banquet took place in the college hall, the Muter, the
Rev. Dr. Palling (Vice•Chencellor), presiding. Thcrs
were about 150 gentlemen present, and as they all appeared
is fail academic costume, the scene was a very imposing
one. After the customary loyal touts the health' of -The
High Steward," " The High Sheriff," " Success to Corpus
Christi," "The Church," "The Professors,- Ac • to,
were proposed and duly honoured, and the romper)
broke up.

Rev. William Boreal. Astley, to East Langdon Rector!,
Kent; value, 1281. with residence.
Rev. Howell Powell Edwards, to Llanspythid Vicarage,
Brecknockshire; value, 1001.
Rev. E. H. James, to Letcomh-Regis Vicarage with Eat
and West Challow Curacy, Berks ; value, 2001.
Rev. Thomas Melville Raven, to Bazterley Curley, Ra•
wickshire.
Rev. William St. George Sargent, to Kimberley ref-
petnal Curacy, Notts; value, 651.
Rev. Abraham Horwill Stogdog, to Ovington Rectory,
Hants; value, 2191. with residence.
Rev. Edwin Thompson, to Middleton-Scriven Rectory.
Salop; value, 1401. with residence.
Rev. John William Spine Wedeln, to Stitwold Vicaragh
Lincolnshire; value, 701.
Rev. Edward Wickham, to Preston-Candover Vicarage
with Nutley Curacy, Hants; value, 2281.
Rev. P. P. Gilbert, to the Rectory of High Hidden, in
the county of Kent and diocese of Canterbury, vacant by
the resignation of the Rev. Henry John Parker.
VACANCIES.
Racrontne.—Ashwellthorpe with Wreningham Rector!,
Norfolk, diocese of Norwich; value 6481. with residence.
patron, Lord Beepers; Rev. J. R. Pigott, deceased.
.Frinnford, comity and diocese of Oxford; patron, Lon!
Chancellor; Rev. H. D. Roundell, detested.
VICAR/a:lE.—K=l.oone with Holland Vicarage, Dever
diocese of Exeter; patron, R. Throekmorton, Esq.; Re.
J. Fronde, deceased.
PERVETUAI. CI:RACIES.—Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Holy Tr-
site, Leicestershire, diocese of Peterborough; patron, Tar
of Ashby-de-la-Zouch; Rev. T. Fell, promoted.
Portaea, St. John, Hants, diocese or Winchester; Tel,*
1411. with residence; patrons, the Proprietors of the revs;
Rev. A. H. Stogdon, promoted

hAVAL.
ADMIRALTY, DEC. 17.—APPOINTNENT8.—Carliti
R.B. Watson and Leutenant Viscount IliOrd, to Inv,keust.
Master J. Loans, to Arrogant. Chief Engineer J. Hulot.
to rolorous. Assistant Engineers, \V. C. B. Jones and Y
G. Miller, to Horalio ; and J. Roberts, G. A. Well,. W.
H. Rundle, and R. F. Fennell, to ralorous. Second Re!
tar J. H. W. Robertson, to Imperious. Naval Cadet I.:.
Vandermenlin, his first nomination.
PORTSMOUTH, DEC. 17.—Rear-Admiral Farisbinr:
superintendent of. this dockyard, arrived at this portl,lot
night from London, to take the commend at this port.o•l4
to the death of the commander-in-chief, Admiral Sir TS&
mu Briggs. Admiral Fanahawe hoisted his dug on lord
the Neptune, 120, this morning. The funeral of Sir Dr.;
mu Briggs is not yet fixed for any particular day it LA
take place at Kensall.green, where the lady of the deceased
admiral is interred.—The Leander, 60, Captain King. ald
Arrogant, 46, Captain Fremantle, have received order, V;
hold themselves in readiness to go to Spithcal—Tice
Archer, 14, screw steam-sloop, Commander Strange. wes:l
of harbour this morning, and anchored at Spithead
violent storm has been raging here during the lad
hours. In the night it blew a hurricane, with termecdon
showers of hail and rain, and this has coutinued all day
Tuft CONTRACT FOR RUM FOR THE N.tel,
delivered at Deptford, was taken by Mmes. Lemon. 11°:;
and Son, of Fenehureh-street, on the 9th instant . and t
contract for rum, alsn for the navy, t he del.vcrolA.
Oosport, was on Thursday taken by the tame firm.
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